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 …
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: Factory Workers Can Now Legally Be Asked to Work 12- Hour Shifts. How Will this Change Things?
The article analyses the April 15 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India outlining the conditions under which economic activities could be restarted in non-containment zones and which …
India: “Govt has not taken any steps for workforce instead put the burden on employers to pay full wages” Petition in SC to set aside MHA Order
After Mumbai-based textile firm, a Punjab-based collective of 41 small scale organizations including sole proprietorship and partnership-based firms have moved Supreme Court to set aside March 29 order of the …
Ludhiana Hand Tools Association vs Union of India & Ors.
“Petitioner Association is filing the present writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India challenging the validity and vires of Section l0(2Xl) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 …
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