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TCS Employee Reinstatement

Vol. 57, Issue No. 43, 22 Oct, 2022
Kingshuk Sarkar

The recent Chennai Labour Court verdict puts the focus back on the applicability of labour laws for the information technology sector. The dominant narrative is that labour laws do not cover the IT sector employees. However, the recent verdict shows that the laws related to retrenchment are applicable to this industry. It also underscores the importance of trade unions and their formation for safeguarding the rights of the IT workers.

Putting a Price on Life

Vol. 57, Issue No. 9, 26 Feb, 2022
Ananya Pattnaik

The relaxation of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown and resumption of factory operations amid diluted labour laws have led to a spree of “industrial accidents” and workplace deaths. Monetary compensation, once a hard-won victory for the working class, has been incorporated into institutional corporate strategy and state control where reimbursing deaths with money has become an everyday business for employers as workplace conditions continue to be fraught with weak labour laws and safety measures. The new labour codes continue this strategy. 

Labour ‘Invisibility’ during COVID-19 Times

Vol. 56, Issue No. 34, 21 Aug, 2021
Veena Naregal

As the migrant labour exodus unfolded with unrelenting grimness through the summer of 2020, there was frequent mention of how the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed the “invisibility” of migrant labour to Indian planners and policymakers.

 

New Labour Codes and Their Loopholes

Vol. 55, Issue No. 40, 03 Oct, 2020

Every successive reform in labour laws fails to plug the loopholes.

Violence in Times of COVID-19 Lack of Legal Protection for Women Informal Workers

The present article is contextualised within the increasing cases of violence and harassment in the lives of women workers in the informal sector and deeply entrenched labour market discrimination in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article tries to analyse the impact of the pandemic particularly on the women workers in the informal sector through an examination of existing legal protection measures, access to social security and the issue of violence and harassment.

Labour Law Changes

Vol. 55, Issue No. 22, 30 May, 2020
Atul Sood, Paaritosh Nath

The changes in labour laws announced during the lockdown period in several states reflect a lack of concern for the highest levels of unemployment seen in the past 45 years and the large number of workers leaving industrial pockets and returning back to an economy ravaged by agrarian distress. The events of the last few months suggest that distinctions amongst the working class in terms of organised/unorganised, formal/informal, and migrant/local are being narrowed. Labour must consolidate across the board taking anchorage in the commonalities of experience that various divisions face today.

How Do Workers Resist Exploitative Labour Conditions?

The Problem of Child Labour Needs More Than One Solution

Policy measures to counter the problem of child labour in India will not succeed if it is only treated as an economic issue.

Labour Law, Governance Reforms, and Protests

Vol. 52, Issue No. 38, 23 Sep, 2017
K R Shyam Sundar, Rahul Suresh Sapkal

Employers and critics of labour regulation have been arguing for the liberalisation of labour laws, and for governance and compliance systems, following the liberalisation of the product market to enable firms to respond swiftly and suitably to fast-changing market conditions. The trade unions opposed this even as the government was seemingly favourably disposed towards employers’ demands. The countrywide strikes that have taken place since 1991 have become controversial not merely due to their high frequency but also for their lack of legitimacy as reforms appear to be a foregone conclusion and the protest politics seems to be vain and economically hurting the nation. This paper explores the dynamics of the countrywide strikes and examines whether some of the demands of trade unions are justified.

Striking for Their Right

Vol. 51, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2016

General strikes are important political interventions allowing for workers' voices to be heard.

The Economy: A Post-Budget Perspective

Vol. 38, Issue No. 14, 05 Apr, 2003
A V Rajawade

The focus of this article is not so much the quantitative or specific aspects of the budget as some qualitative issues regarding the economy. It touches on some developing trends and, since the budget is the peg on which it hangs, refers to one or two specific proposals.

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