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PF rules change for Air India, 7,453 airline employees to receive social security benefits after Tata's takeover
Fp Staff •The approval was granted on 13 January after Air India Ltd applied for voluntarily cover under the EPF & MP Act 1952
India’s new social security code is progressive, but definition loopholes may deprive 4.2 cr home-based workers of benefits
Sonakshi Agarwal •Home-based work in India is a major source of employment for working women, forming 16 percent of total employment for women as opposed to 9 percent for men, as per the latest estimates.
Where do we go from here? India should consider self registration, inter-state welfare schemes for migrant workers' social security
Varunaggarwal_nishanthkumar •The ongoing migrant workers crisis has amplified the need for a universal and comprehensive social security regime for all workers in the informal sector
COVID-19 Lockdown: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh watering down labour laws is a body blow to the working class
Maitreyi And Clifton •If these ordinances are not repealed, we risk a return to a regime where labour is again pushed back to fighting for elementary right of the eight hour working day
Tap here for relief: 90% of India’s workforce are without food or shelter, but govt requires smartphone apps to deliver help
Devparna •The government also overlooked the fact that a majority of the stranded labourers who are from the unorganised sector are either vulnerable or extremely vulnerable.
Coronavirus outbreak will push a vast section deeper into poverty and hunger; governments must take these steps to ease suffering
Suhit K Sen •Despite the lockdown, state governments or the Union government should make special provisions to ensure that unemployed workers return home, either to be rid of the burden of paying extra for a roof, or to escape shelters and camps where an outbreak of COVID-19 could spread calamitously.
US authorities file lawsuits against call centres, mostly from India, for making fake robocalls to its citizens, causing financial losses
•The US alleges that the defendants operated voice over internet protocol (VoIP) carriers, which use an internet connection rather than traditional copper phone lines to carry telephone calls.
Bharat bandh on 8 January: Trade unions claim around 25 cr people likely to participate in nationwide strike
•Ten central trade unions on Monday said around 25 crore people will participate in a nationwide strike on 8 January to protest against the government's "anti-people" policies
Trade unions to go ahead with 8 January general strike to protest against anti-labour policies of govt
•A day after meeting the labour minister, 10 central trade unions on Friday said they will go ahead with their general strike or 'Bharat Bandh' on 8 January "to protest against anti-labour policies" of the government
Haryana chief minister to launch Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana today; scheme aims to provide social security to families in state
•Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar will launch Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana from Red Bishop, Panchkula on 30 August.