A series of protests by industrial workers demanding wage increases and improved working conditions has swept across the manufacturing hubs of Manesar, highlighting deep-rooted tensions in India’s contract labour system and raising concerns for both policymakers and industry leaders. The unrest...
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The year concluded with a clear message: progress without justice will not last. The policies and corporate decisions this year will influence the employment landscape for many years. For HR professionals in India and South Asia, the opportunity is vast: to help develop workplaces that are...
The great disruption of the 2020s is here, and the workplace is being rewritten by algorithms as fast as by ambition.
Research on the exploitation of apprentices in India reveals a pattern of systemic abuse, including their use as cheap labour, non-compliance with training mandates, misclassification, inadequate stipends, and lack of job security.
While other news reports do claim that over 50% of the business leaders foresee job losses post the COVID-19 pandemic, small steps taken by many organizations and gestures being extended by them to their employees is keeping the hope alive in these challenging times but still fear of job losses...
