Tag: Labour Laws

The new set of labour laws essentially aims at providing equal opportunities to women workers as well while ensuring wage parity with their men counterparts.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new wage code bill to ensure a minimum wage across all sectors by merging four labour related laws. Over 4 crore employees across the country are expected to benefit from the proposed legislation. The Labour Code on Wages Bill would amalgamate Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the […]

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer and Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Apurva Chandra, said on Monday that the government is considering the objections raised by the trade unions to 12-hour daily work shift. “See, there will be a maximum of 48 hours of work in a week. If someone works for 8 […]