India is revamping its minimum wage laws for the first time in 60 years
In a move that will benefit millions of unskilled workers across the country, the current…
Minimum Wages
World Bank: Abolish Minimum Wage, Other Labour Laws
The recently released ‘working draft ’ of the World Bank’s flagship World Development Report (WDR)…
Nurses' strike withdrawn; Minimum wage fixed at Rs 20,000
The United Nurses Association (UNA), the largest union representing nurses in the private sector in…
NREGA v minimum farm wages: How jobs Act is losing out to funds crunch
The last time the union government brought MGNREGA wages at par with minimum agricultural wages…
Payment of Minimum Wages to Contract/Casual Employees
The basic rate of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in the Central sphere…
Payment of wages below prescribed minimum wages attracts criminal liability in court
A much-known case of Geetam Singh (Central Secretariat Club vs Geetam Singh) exemplifies “Payment of…
The Life of Labour: Kerala HC Stalls Minimum Wage Notification
Kerala high court stalls minimum wage notification for nurses and hospital staff The Kerala…
Labour unions demand setting up of wage revision panel in Maharashtra; 10 lakh people to benefit if implemented
The labour unions have asked the Maharashtra government to set up an advisory committee to…
Labour reform: Government notifies fixed-term jobs for all sectors
In line with an announcement made by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his latest Budget speech, the…
Tamil Nadu government fixes minimum wages for private nurses
The labour department has fixed the minimum basic pay that private hospitals must pay…