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Unions allege exploitation at BPO’s

Unions allege women workers at BPO’s are given contraceptive powders mixed with food to prevent pregnancies or long maternity leave and therefore would save cost to the Management!!
These allegations came from none other than Communist Party of India MP and All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas Dasgupta. He referred to such complaints coming [...]

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PSU’s may be allowed to retrench 10% of their workforce every year

Talk about job security at a PSU!!!
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has favoured and the suggestions of a committee on Performance Management System. These are the recommnedations -

Poor performers should be given only a single chance to improve
Each entity should identify 10% of its Executives under poor and non-performing category
Such identified poor performers not [...]

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Contract Labour status change – Proposal in Indian Labour Conference

The tripartite conference of Employers, Employees and the Government are to meet and one of the topics that would hold priority during the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) in the Amendment to the Contract Labour Act and also to their status w.r.t the permanent workmen. The proposed changes are hereunder  -

The threshold of 20 workers for [...]

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Laws hurting employment growth need to be revisited says Manmohan Singh

“We have enacted several progressive labour laws since independence and some even before that. But it appears that not all these laws have had the intended good effects that we would like to see on the ground,” he said inaugurating the 43rd session of Indian Labour Conference.  Singh said there is a need to consider [...]

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Tamilnadu may consider ‘Recognition of Trade Unions’

States like Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have enacted/ amended their State provisions to include a system of recognition of Unions. Construction workers in Tamilnadu have staged protest against the TN Govt’s unrelenting approach towards enacting a law requiring employers to recognize Trade Unions. While Govt has stated that it is not [...]

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Largest private employer – TCS

Tata Consultancy Service is India’s largest private employer employing over 1,63,700 employees as on 30-06-2010

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AIBEA threaten Strike

All India Bank Employees Association, the oldest and largest Trade Union of Bank Employees in India is up against the decision of the Center to change its policy wherein the present provisions allows for major corporates like TATA’s and Ambani’s to start their own bank. They threatened strike on 30-10-2010 stating that allowing such corporates [...]

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