India has a young demographic with 25 per cent of its population between 18-25 years that amounts to around 30 crores of youth that are looking for suitable job opportunities.

Trade union leader Amarjit Kaur said informal work is set to increase in India with the rise of outsourcing and contractualisation of jobs.

India, a fast-growing middle-income country, is at a critical juncture in its development trajectory.

BT honours women who made a mark in business and created a social impact

The amendment will allow migrant workers to leave Qatar without getting an approval from their employers.

According to Xavier Estupinan, Wages Specialist at ILO, in India the wage gap is most in the lowest paid jobs.

The pay gap between female and male employees not only exists but also increases as they advance in their careers. What can be done to reverse the trend?

CBI seeks custodial interrogation of P Chidambaram in INX Media caseThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday moved a plea in the High Court for permission to go ahead with the custodial interrogation of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case as he was not allegedly cooperating in the investigation. The investigating agency moved its application merely a few hours after Chidambaram's plea for extension of interim protection from arrest wa...

According to a recent report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in India women spend 297 minutes per day on the care responsibilities, 9.6 times more than men. Globally, women perform 76.2 per cent of total of unpaid care work, three times as much as men.

In 1991, India received only $3 billion as remittances. The current numbers are 22 times that of 1991, indicating a staggering increase in money coming back to India.

Manipal-TPG combine revise bid: Why Fortis Healthcare remains such an attractive assetIndia's second largest hospital chain Fortis Healthcare is now well and truly in the midst of a bidding war with the original suitor-Manipal-TPG combine-making its third offer for the healthcare chain after the Fortis board recommended that shareholders accept the Munjal-Burman offer. On Monday, Manipal-TPG revised their offer to Rs 180 per share from its earlier offer of Rs 160 apiece, which is ...

Employment projections suggest that the net effect on job numbers created in the sustainability sector will be positive.

In India, an estimated 4.2 per cent of total hours worked were lost in 1995 due to high heat levels, amounting to 15.1 million full-time jobs.

The Challenge lies in creating opportunities for workforce.

The trade union also opposed contract labour, integration of ESIC and EPFO ,and cautioned against opening up Indian social security sector to foreign private players.  

The new amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018, will allow corporate India to employ and deploy labour for a fixed duration.