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  Rajya Sabha passes 3 labour Code Bills amid uproar

  India | September 23, 2020 14:48 IST

  The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed three of the four labour code bills amid protests by the opposition. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 were passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and now only needs President Ram Nath Kovind's signature.

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  Govt proposes to make 14-day notice mandatory for employees to go on strike: Gangwar

  India | November 27, 2019 23:00 IST

  Noting that the government was bringing reforms in labour laws, the minister said as part of that, it was clubbing 44 labour laws into four codes. He also informed that according to a 2016 survey, there were 10 crore migrant workers in the country, which was around 20 per cent of the labour force.

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  Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar takes charge; to focus on labour reforms

  India | May 31, 2019 18:31 IST

  Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar Friday took charge of the ministry and made it clear that Team Modi 2.0 will focus on labour reforms and work for welfare of informal sector workers.

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  Bill to double tax-free gratuity to Rs 20 lakh likely in Monsoon session, says Labour Minister

  July 10, 2017 12:39 IST

  Formal sector workers would be eligible for up to Rs 20 lakh tax-free gratuity once the amendments to the Act are approved

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  EPFO to invest Rs 20,000 crore in equities in 2017-18: Labour Minister

  May 28, 2017 16:49 IST

  The Finance Ministry had earlier notified a new investment pattern for EPFO, allowing the body to invest a minimum of 5 per cent and up to 15 per cent of its funds in equity or equity-related schemes.

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  Karnataka minister boasts of getting DSP transferred, lands in a soup

  India | January 27, 2016 21:36 IST

  Ballari: It would have been a usual affair for Karnataka's Labour Minister Parameshwar Naik had he not gone about chest-thumping about his feat of having gotten a senior woman police officer transferred within a day's

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  Domestic helps to press for legislation on wages

  India | June 16, 2015 15:07 IST

  Kolkata : Domestic helps from at least seven states will converge here on Friday for a two-day seminar to rally behind their colleagues from West Bengal pushing for a legislation to govern wages and provision

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  Ban all forms of labour employing under-14 children: Kailash Satyarthi

  India | May 16, 2015 22:00 IST

  Bhopal:  Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi today demanded a complete ban on all forms of labour involving children below 14 years, against the backdrop of Union Cabinet's nod to amend child labour law to allow them

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  Government proposes to increase wage ceiling for ESIC

  National | December 22, 2014 14:10 IST

  New Delhi: Government proposes to increase wage ceiling for availing Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) benefits under the ESI Act after improving medical services, Lok Sabha was informed today.Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said during Question

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  CM Apologises For Alleged Misconduct Of Labour Minister

  National | August 16, 2010 23:39 IST

  Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday  apologised for the alleged misconduct of Labour Minister B N Bachegowda. "I am pained. I tender my apology", Yeddyurappa told reporters in response to a question