Narendra Modi’s labour reform push may remove key hurdle for investors
5 years, 3 months ago

Narendra Modi’s labour reform push may remove key hurdle for investors

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is finally attempting to overhaul India’s most controversial labor laws to attract investment and make it easier to do business in a country where changing archaic rules is a challenge for any government. “It’s a positive signal of reforms agenda as well as a step toward making India attractive, in the context of the golden opportunity of manufacturing shift from China,” said Gautam Chhaochharia, a strategist at UBS Group AG in Mumbai, adding over the medium term it might change the way companies hire and fire. Modi’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Industrial Relations Code bill, which empowers the government to change the ceiling on employee count for a company to retrench workers without government approval. “It’s a dangerous move.” The four codes that are being created by merging various laws, some of which date back to 1950s, are wages, industrial relations, social security, and occupational safety, health & working conditions.

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Trade unions to stage strike on May 20 against labour codes
5 days, 2 hours ago

Trade unions to stage strike on May 20 against labour codes

The Hindu  

A convention of various Central Trade Unions and federations of workers in the Opposition camp has decided to observe a general strike on May 20 against the Centre’s move to implement the four Labour Codes. The convention has also decided to work together with farmers’ organisations to organise joint protests against the Narendra Modi government’s agriculture and labour policies. A …

Argentinians take to the streets to protest against new austerity measures
1 year, 1 month ago

Argentinians take to the streets to protest against new austerity measures

Al Jazeera  

The president has said the austerity measures are due to years of overspending that have resulted in huge debts. The strike, coordinated by the umbrella union, the General Confederation of Labour, comes amid scrutiny of Milei’s two significant reforms: the “omnibus” bill going through Congress and a “mega-decree” deregulating the economy. “Milei wants a country where poverty and informal work …

Workers strike across India to protest economic reforms
8 years, 6 months ago

Workers strike across India to protest economic reforms

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Millions of public sector workers across India went on strike Friday to protest economic reforms, saying the government’s plan for raising the country’s minimum wage for unskilled workers did not go far enough. Some states including Kerala and the territory of Delhi already have minimum wage levels that are higher than the new monthly target of 9,100 …

Labour reforms would happen only through consensus and dialogue: Modi
9 years, 1 month ago

Labour reforms would happen only through consensus and dialogue: Modi

Firstpost  

The Prime Minister expressed hope that this would considerably increase the ease of doing business and facilitate job creation, without compromising on the genuine protections and rights available for workers. Coimbatore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that government is engaged in carrying out labour reforms through consensus and dialogue with stakeholders including workers without compromising on their genuine …

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