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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni pays homage to Indian farm worker Satnam Singh in parliamentary address Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently honoured Satnam Singh, an Indian farm worker who tragically passed away after his employer abandoned him on the roadside following a severe injury. "These are inhumane acts that do not belong to the Ita...
27 Jun, 2024, 12.02 PM ISTIndian farm labourers march to end 'slavery' after worker death shakes Italy Thousands of Indian farm laborers in Italy demand an end to "slavery" after the tragic death of Satnam Singh, who lost his arm in a work accident. Exploitation of undocumented migrants in agriculture sector sparks outrage and calls for justice and b...
26 Jun, 2024, 10.42 AM ISTApple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs A former human-resources executive at Foxconn India said the company's executives verbally convey the recruitment rules to its Indian hiring agencies, which Foxconn tasks with scouting for candidates, bringing them in for interviews and employing th...
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Access to benefits key in retaining women contract workers: Study A study by Quess Corp and The Udaiti Foundation reveals that both single and married women who receive performance incentives are more likely to retain their jobs than those who don't. The findings, which analysed data from 1.6 million Quess employe...
30 May, 2024, 06.02 PM ISTMSMEs should build support fund for women to encourage their participation: Lohit Bhatia, Indian Staffing Federation MSMEs should work towards increasing female workforce participation by making structural changes to their ecosystem, says Lohit Bhatia, President, Indian Staffing Federation (ISF).
27 May, 2024, 09.58 AM ISTIndia needs lower tax on recruitment services to boost jobs, says industry body India's Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has called for a reduction in the 18% tax on recruitment agencies providing outsourced staff to big companies. The ISF, which provided 1.6 million outsourced workers to companies last year, believes the new g...
23 May, 2024, 05.28 PM ISTApple Awas Yojana: Apple ecosystem pivots to housing factory workers after job boom Government officials told ET that Apple’s contract manufacturers and suppliers, including Foxconn, Tata and Salcomp, are planning homes for their employees. These are being built under a public-private partnership scheme in the largest such private ...
08 Apr, 2024, 08.25 AM ISTX, formerly Twitter, violated contract by not paying millions in bonuses: US judge Mark Schobinger, the former senior director of compensation at X (formerly Twitter), sued the company alleging that it promised employees 50% of their 2022 target bonuses but never made those payments.
27 Dec, 2023, 07.27 AM ISTIn-depth | India’s electronic ambitions ride on young female employees Women are increasingly becoming the talent pool of choice for electronics companies. This augurs well for companies which will have to double down on their hiring considering the electronics market in India alone is being valued at $155 billion, wit...
24 Dec, 2023, 03.12 PM ISTTwitter violated contract by failing to pay millions in bonuses, US judge rules Mark Schobinger, who was Twitter's senior director of compensation before leaving Elon Musk's company in May, sued Twitter in June, claiming breach of contract.
23 Dec, 2023, 04.20 PM ISTProfessionalise domestic services Tech-enabled platforms have professionalized various services over the years, but the domestic service sector remains largely untouched. Many domestic workers lack contractual employment, social and legal rights oversight, and face inhumane treatmen...
22 Dec, 2023, 10.40 PM ISTFor workers at this iPhone plant, Tata means a fresh start At the Narasapura facility, the recent takeover brings in hopes of better facilities, and a permanent position with Brand Tata.
26 Nov, 2023, 06.01 AM ISTMind Goldin's signage: Women at work The policy choices for economies in transition, like India, are more complex. Low female labour force participation remains an abiding concern as the economy undergoes structural shifts. India's labour force is moving out of agriculture where their ...
09 Oct, 2023, 11.03 PM ISTFear of being made obsolete grips college-educated workers in the US While the share of non-college-educated workers who express concern has held steady at a little over 20% during that period, the portion of college-educated workers who say they’re worried more than doubled, narrowing the gap that previously existed...
11 Sep, 2023, 02.49 PM ISTView: India Inc wants business from bottom of the pyramid but isn’t paying it enough Earlier this week, L&T’s CFO R Shankar Raman said the company is facing a shortage of carpenters and masons. Hospitals in India have been forced to hike the salaries of nurses due to the high attrition rate. Many are migrating for better pay and wor...
26 Aug, 2023, 12.39 AM ISTPoland is welcoming these foreign workers Poland's population is shrinking and experiencing a labor shortage, which requires the hiring of foreign labor, including workers from Asia, despite the country's tough stand against migrants seeking work. This situation creates a contradiction betw...
16 Jul, 2023, 09.07 AM ISTNearly 6% of contract workers lost jobs in March quarter in India's IT sector, says recruitment body India's IT sector employed nearly 5.1 million workers in the year ending March 2022, according to government estimates, and companies have fired thousands of contract employees while holding on to hiring.
25 May, 2023, 04.44 PM ISTLabour Day: India's bid to ape China is caught up in archaic laws “India's current labour laws are strewn with redundancy, and overlap, creating a high compliance burden. Although many states have already issued rules and draft notifications are available, the government has yet to implement the new labour codes,”...
01 May, 2023, 06.01 PM ISTWomen workers in construction and real estate sector earn 30-40 pc less than male workers: Report Informal women workers in Indian construction and real estate sector earn 30-40 per cent less than male workers, according to a report that highlights about gender inequality in this sector.
09 Jan, 2023, 04.52 PM ISTShipping’s attempt to hire more women runs into a macho culture Less than 2% of the world’s almost 1.9 million seafarers are women, and the disparity is one reason that shipping companies are expected to fall short of the additional 89,500 officers they’re expected to need by 2026.
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