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Monday, May 19, 2025
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Topic: labour

Labour Ministry reviews field offices for faster dispute resolution

The hybrid meeting took place Monday under the office of Chief Labour Commissioner.

‘Worst Italy’: Meloni rues death of Indian working at Lazio farm, terms employer attitude ‘disgusting’

'Gangmastering a plague’, says PM after Indian farmer Satnam Singh, said to be illegally employed at farm near Rome, died when his employer ‘dumped him on road with his arm severed’.

India and Taiwan ink key agreement on labour cooperation

Taipei announced Friday it had signed MoU with New Delhi to allow Indian workers to be employed in Taiwan. This comes as India-China ties remain strained over the 2020 Galwan clashes.

SubscriberWrites: India’s Social Security Code is a Paradigm Shift in Labor Practices

The new code offers a consistent definition, aiming to provide clarity and standardization.

UK’s labour shortage a ‘ticking time bomb’. Hiring refugees can help

Refugees bring in a diverse range of skills and experiences from their home countries. This diversity fosters a creative work environment within the company.

Your ‘revdi’ is freebie, mine is ‘upliftment’ & how one wrong turn can ruin a track record

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The world is facing a skilled labour shortage. But there is a way to fix it

Some employers have reduced their hiring plans and are reassessing talent strategies, but numerous job openings that remain unfilled.

Even China, India face labour shortages. Can automation rescue the world?

Adopting automation speeds up the manufacturing process and stretches scarce talent. It can even make the workforce more inclusive.

Why men can — and should — participate in the care economy too

If liberating women’s potential is the output, how might increasing men’s labour contribution to the paid care industry be the input?

Salaried jobs are hardly growing — govt data explains the Agnipath anger of young Indians

Government’s latest Periodic Labour Force Survey, released last week, shows that India’s salaried class has grown 3 percentage points & 1 percentage point in rural & urban areas.

On Camera

What if Congress loses Tharoor? Rahul Gandhi is preparing for a re-do of Punjab in Kerala

Shashi Tharoor would, of course, remember how the Gandhis finished Captain Amarinder Singh through a thousand cuts, humiliating him on a daily basis.

Women entrepreneurs can boost global GDP by $5 trillion. How their potential can be unlocked

World Bank data highlights a lack of government programmes that provide women entrepreneurs access to finance and training, which can support them in opening and running a business.

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.