India: Trade unions to move ILO against dilution of labour laws by BJP-ruled states

The fight for workers’ rights is set to reach an international forum as central trade unions attached to various political parties have decided to lodge a joint complaint with the …

Mindless relaxation of labour laws will only hurt India’s lockdown-hit economy more

Governments and policymakers across the world are doling out stimulus packages and loosening their purse strings to restart economic activity stalled by the coronavirus pandemic. In India, the focus of …

Factory behind India gas leak operated illegally until 2019

The chemical factory that leaked gas into a coastal Indian city on Thursday morning, killing at least 12 people and putting hundreds in hospital, was operating illegally until at least the …

Modi’s asked Indian firms to ‘be kind’ amid lockdown but many workers have not been paid their wages

“At least three petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court demanding that companies be given the freedom to fire or furlough employees. Mysore-based Hazira, 26, who goes by one …

India: Adityanath Govt in UP to Suspend Key Labour Laws, Workers’ Rights for Three Years

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all labour laws for the next three years in a bid to provide a …

Adityanath Govt in UP to Suspend Key Labour Laws, Workers’ Rights for Three Years

The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all labour laws for the next three years in a bid to provide a fillip …

Lockdown Woes: The Dismal State of Domestic Workers in India

This article specifically focusses on the harassment and violence faced by live-in female domestic workers during the lockdown brought about in India due to Covid- 19. “Live-in workers” have been …

May Day 2020: COVID Pandemic Places Spotlight on Seven Glaring Labour Rights Issues (India)

The article addresses the effects of the national lockdown on workers and the related issues prevalent in India related to labor rights as on 2020 May day. The article specifically …

Six states extend working shifts for labourers to 72-hour per week post-lockdown

As India enters the third phase of nation-wide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, millions of workers face a return to longer working hours. At least six states have passed …

India: Order from Ministry of Home Affairs on movement of migrant workers

On April 29, 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs via an order has directed that migrant workers stranded due to the lockdown initiated by the Government of India be allowed …