Samsung accused of violating labour laws in Brazil

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 20:08

According to the BBC, Samsung’s Brazilian plant in the city of Manaus employs some 6,000 people and the prosecutors allege that a worker at the factory has only 32 seconds to fully assemble a mobile phone and 65 seconds to put together a television set.

Labour crisis hits 36% of construction projects in Saudi

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 14:08

There were 250,000 registered construction project contracts in Saudi Arabia before the first grace period to legalise expatriate workers ended on July 4.

B`desh labour laws fall short of protecting workers: HRW

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 10:27

The new labor laws as amended and enacted by the Bangladeshi Parliament fall far short of protecting worker`s rights and meeting international standards, a leading rights body has said.

Textiles ministry makes case for women to work on night shifts

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 20:54

The Textiles Ministry on Monday made a case for amending labour laws to allow women to work at night in apparel factories and provide overtime for workers to help make the sector globally competitive.

Govt serious about issues raised by trade unions: PM

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 15:00

These include demands on which there could be no disagreement such as demands for concrete measures for containing inflation, for generation of employment opportunities, for strict implementation of labour laws were unexceptionable, he said.

Rigid labour laws hurting India’s growth: Kaushik Basu

Last Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012, 15:44

"India's labour market is over regulated. India's rigid labour laws are hurting India's growth ... Flexible labour laws will help both organised and unorganised sector," Basu said at a World Bank event here.

Govt mulling proposal to amend Contract Labour Act

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 16:20

Observing that huge difference in wages between regular and contract workers was leading to unrest, Government on Wednesday said a proposal to amend the Contract Labour Act was under consideration.

Non-enforcement of labour laws leads to violence: Kharge

Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 00:07

The government blamed the failure in enforcement of labour laws for the recent "flaring" up of incidents in Maruti Suzuki plant in Haryana.

`Non-enforcement of labour laws leads to violence`

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 15:16

The government today blamed the failure in enforcement of labour laws for the recent "flaring" up of incidents in Maruti Suzuki plant in Haryana and some other industrial units in the country.

Govt mulls consolidating labour laws

Last Updated: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 16:07

The government is mulling consolidating labour laws into a few selected categories.

GoM finds "some solution" on manufacturing policy

Last Updated: Friday, October 14, 2011, 21:08

Group of Ministers today "succeeded" to find "some solution" on framing manufacturing policy which proposes easing of labour and environment laws, but was stuck due to inter-ministerial differences.