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Businesses cheer, unions fear contentious Indian labour reforms
Under the Industrial Relations Code, one of the three new laws, companies employing up to 300 workers will not require government permission to lay off workers or close plants – an increase from the previous cap of 100 and a major demand from industry over the years.
The code also puts restrictions on the recognition of trade unions – making it mandatory for them to represent at least 10% of workers in a given sector – and prohibit them from striking without prior notice and during conciliation proceedings.
Long due labour reforms to ensure well-being of workers, give boost to economic growth: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the passage of key labour reform bills by Parliament, saying it will ensure well-being of workers and give a boost to economic growth. The new labour code universalises minimum wages, timely payment of...
Lok Sabha approves labour reforms amid union protests
The three bills – the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, the Industrial Relations Code and the Code on Social Security – are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious moves to liberalise conditions for investment.
Lawmakers from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party said during the debate the new laws would provide social security benefits to workers, including ride-hailing companies like Ola and Uber.
TCS sets up 11 COVID-19 isolation centres for staff, their dependents
According to an email to employees, these centres will provide medical support to associates and their dependents (spouse, children and parents /parents-in-law) who are asymptomatic or mildly COVID-19 positive with no other co-morbidities or medical history/complications.
All the centres will have 24/7 medical cover, along with daily monitoring by trained professionals. The patients can even connect with a counsellor virtually during their treatment.
McDonald’s Seeks to Recoup Severance Paid Ousted CEO Over Sexual Affairs
Easterbrook’s severance package was worth $41.8 million when he left the Chicago-based company, executive pay firm Equilar has estimated.
But McDonald’s said Easterbrook no longer deserved that payout because of his “silence and lies,” and that had its board known the full picture it would have fired him “for cause.”
Zomato to give female employees up to 10 days of “period leave
“There shouldn’t be any shame or stigma attached to applying for a period leave,” Zomato chief executive Deepinder Goyal said in an email to staff on Saturday.
“You should feel free to tell people on internal groups, or emails that you are on your period leave for the day.”
Search for work from home jobs up 442% in India during Feb-July:Report
“Flexibility has always been a vital aspect of job opportunities for job seekers, especially millennials, who today make up over half of India’s working population,” Indeed India Managing Director Sashi Kumar said.
California scrutinising Amazon’s treatment of workers during Coronavirus outbreak
The lawsuit alleges unsafe practices such as having workers share equipment such as freezer suits and failing to allow extra time for safe social distancing.
Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff
Staff worried about COVID-19 infections among fellow workers can also use a contact tracing feature on the app created under a partnership with U.S. software developer Salesforce.
It can also block desks in an area if information is received about a person suspected of having the virus, said Siemens, which already sells the app to external customers.
U.S.companies fear workplace coronavirus precautions do not address airborne risk
Neal Mills,chief medical officer at healthcare benefits group Aon, began fielding questions last week about the WHO’s decision to investigate aerosol transmission, and said employers were slowing the return of remote workers back to their offices.
“They are doing due diligence around how are you going to reduce the transmission of the virus in light of the proposed aerosol nature of COVID-19,” Mills said.