Articles for Unpaid Work

Soldier left colleagues with hearing loss after 'recklessly' setting off a battle noise simulator to celebrate the end of an exercise
5 days, 9 hours ago

Soldier left colleagues with hearing loss after 'recklessly' setting off a battle noise simulator to celebrate the end of an exercise

Daily Mail  

A British Army soldier left colleagues with hearing loss after 'recklessly' setting off a battle noise simulator to celebrate the end of an exercise. A military court heard the 22-year-old, who hadn't slept for 48 hours, was copying others he'd seen using the simulator which was set to mimic the sound of an explosive mortar round. Nathan Lawler caused fellow …

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Community Service Sentencing And Its Significance In The Indian Criminal Justice System
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Community Service Sentencing And Its Significance In The Indian Criminal Justice System

Live Law  

Over the years, Indian lawmakers and legal authorities recognized the need for alternative forms of punishment that focus on rehabilitation and community involvement. The recent adoption of community service sentencing as a form of punishment in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has focused on the significance of community sentencing in India. Community sentencing may include community benefits with or without a …

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Women are losing out to men in India’s jobless growth
1 year ago

Women are losing out to men in India’s jobless growth

Live Mint  

The share of women in regular salaried jobs in urban India dropped from 54% in the first quarter to 52.8% in the second quarter, according to quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey data, Business Standard reported. Since salaried workers receive regular wages, that type of work is preferred to casual work or self-employment, which also includes working as unpaid household help …

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L.A. County wants to buy — and forgive — your medical debt. Here’s how that would work
1 year, 2 months ago

L.A. County wants to buy — and forgive — your medical debt. Here’s how that would work

LA Times  

Saddled with medical debt? The county government on Tuesday became the latest municipality to consider wiping out residents’ long-lingering medical bills by buying up the debt at a steep discount. “If L.A. County stepped in and bought out our residents’ medical debt for them, we could eliminate their debt for millions of dollars, not billions,” Hahn said. The vote follows …

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At helm of G20, India is shifting narrative to women-led development
1 year, 5 months ago

At helm of G20, India is shifting narrative to women-led development

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Women-led development forms the core of India’s G20 presidency. HT takes a look at the progress of past G20 initiatives and sheds light on the imminent challenges faced by women More women in G20 participate in labour markets than 2012 At the 2014 summit in Brisbane, G20 leaders committed to reducing the gender gap in labour force participation …

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Moving beyond GDP is key to tackling the economic crises we face
2 years, 4 months ago

Moving beyond GDP is key to tackling the economic crises we face

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery John Maynard Keynes set out …

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Senior resident doctors in Telangana boycott elective duty over unpaid salary
2 years, 5 months ago

Senior resident doctors in Telangana boycott elective duty over unpaid salary

The Hindu  

Demanding payment of pending salaries, as many as 698 senior resident doctors working at 29 government hospitals boycotted elective duties from Wednesday. The senior residents who graduated from three medical colleges are supposed to be paid a monthly salary of ₹80,500, but it has been pending for two to seven months at the various hospitals. Since the COVID-19 second wave …

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Wages For Housework: Recognition of Women’s Work or a Policy Shortcut?
2 years, 7 months ago

Wages For Housework: Recognition of Women’s Work or a Policy Shortcut?

News 18  

Due to the traditional division of labour, women and girls majorly perform unpaid household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and care work. In recent times, several political leaders have highlighted the need for remuneration for women’s unpaid domestic and care work. The policy of wages for housework does not make any provision for the unpaid work at home to be …

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May the Female Force Be With You: India Must Harness the Strength of Women in the Workforce
2 years, 7 months ago

May the Female Force Be With You: India Must Harness the Strength of Women in the Workforce

News 18  

Michelle Obama’s famous remarks that “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens” deserves more attention than ever as we celebrate this International Labour Day. As a result of its strict adherence to social norms and patriarchal values, Indian society disproportionately places the …

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The difference in public and private estimates of employment in India
2 years, 8 months ago

The difference in public and private estimates of employment in India

Hindustan Times  

India does not have official high-frequency employment data, unlike countries such as the US, where statistics on employment, hours of work, overtime work, weekly and hourly income are available every month. CPHS overestimates the labour earnings for the pre-pandemic year According to PLFS data, the all-India average labour income in 2018-19 was ₹11,225 per month. This is 19% to 55% …

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Men are twice as likely to be more highly paid than women, a fact that continues to be proven
2 years, 10 months ago

Men are twice as likely to be more highly paid than women, a fact that continues to be proven

ABC  

"There is no gender pay gap". Equal pay is where women and men are paid the same for performing the same role or different work of equal or comparable value, and in Australia it's a legal requirement. The gender pay gap sceptics also argue that women are paid less because they opt to work less. As the WGEA itself notes, …

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder
3 years, 5 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder

Deccan Chronicle  

What does being a homemaker and a mother really mean for the vast majority of Indian women? But millions of women in India, as in many other countries, are still socialised into accepting the notion that it is “natural” for women to be tasked with unpaid domestic work. Every day, women spent nearly five hours in unpaid domestic work; for …

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‘Shecession’ and the Case of Missing Women in India’s Formal Economy
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Shecession’ and the Case of Missing Women in India’s Formal Economy

News 18  

India slipped 28 places from 112 to 140 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021. Indeed, several estimates report that if women’s work were recognized correctly, FLPR would be 81.6 per cent, as compared to Male Labour Force Participation Rate of 76.7 percent. While the formal economy is made to run on the backs of women, the …

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Australia Talks National Survey reveals what Australians think about marriage and children
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia Talks National Survey reveals what Australians think about marriage and children

ABC  

阅读中文版 | Dalam Bahasa Indonesia Liana Tran made a decision in her early 20s — she wasn't going to have children or get married. Key points: Most people don't think having children is necessary to be fulfilled, according to the Australia Talks National Survey 2021 The survey also found women, particularly younger women, are more likely to think marriage is …

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How to treat unpaid work
3 years, 9 months ago

How to treat unpaid work

The Hindu  

Women everywhere carry a disproportionately higher burden of unpaid work, namely, unpaid domestic services as well as unpaid care of children, the old and the disabled for their respective households. More important, these wages may confirm unpaid work as women’s work only, which would deny opportunities to women in the wider world. Also, they could relieve women’s burden of unpaid …

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How much 'invisible work' are you doing each week?
3 years, 9 months ago

How much 'invisible work' are you doing each week?

ABC  

Imagine if you were to outsource all the hours you spend working in the home. Work Women Men Unpaid work 64.4% 36.1% Paid work 35.6% 63.9% "It's not just that women aren't being compensated for their work in the home," says University of Melbourne expert Leah Ruppanner. Even when couples have managed to split chores and school pick-ups evenly, the …

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Bridging gender pay gap, paternity leave mooted to boost women’s work
3 years, 10 months ago

Bridging gender pay gap, paternity leave mooted to boost women’s work

The Hindu  

The Economic Survey has rooted for paternity leave and suggested bridging the gender pay gap as part of a larger institutional support system to encourage participation of women in the labour force and highlighted that women shouldered much higher amount of unpaid care work than men. “In order to incentivise more women to join into the labour force, investment in …

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No, Kamal Haasan. Pay for Household Work Won't Help Indian Women. These Policy Prescriptions Would
3 years, 11 months ago

No, Kamal Haasan. Pay for Household Work Won't Help Indian Women. These Policy Prescriptions Would

News 18  

When actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam released a seven-point manifesto for Reimagining Tamil Nadu in the run-up to the 2021 elections, a glass ceiling was broken. To see mainstream politicians and judges recognize the burden of women’s disproportionate domestic work, and make it an election issue is heartening especially because Indian women spend up to 10X the time on …

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The ‘Time Use Survey’ as an opportunity lost
4 years, 1 month ago

The ‘Time Use Survey’ as an opportunity lost

The Hindu  

The all India Time Use Survey, 2019 has just been published by the Government of India. TUS is an important source of information on the time spent in unpaid care-giving activities, volunteer work, unpaid domestic service producing activities of the household members. Time use data are needed for implementing not only the SDG 5.4 on unpaid work, but also for …

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