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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicContract workers

Topic: Contract workers

Nearly 6% of outsourced contract workers lost jobs from Jan-Mar in IT, says recruitment body

India's unemployment rate in April rose for the fourth month in a row to 8.11%, from 7.8% in the previous month, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

Larsen & Toubro to offer quarantine facilities for 2.5 lakh contract labourers

The quarantine facilities have been made available in 14 cities and have a capacity of 1,205 rooms to isolate Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms, the company official said.

The secret and frustrating life of a Google contract worker

More than half of Google's workers are temporary, vendor or contract staff. They miss out on many of Google’s famous benefits and perks.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.