Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 08:18
Hit by the scandal, the collapse of international oil prices and the sharp depreciation of the real against the dollar, the government is implementing a plan to divest almost $14 billion by 2016.
Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 14:43
In a bid to protect rights of the domestic workers, the government is readying a national policy for the skilled full-time household helps.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2015, 18:53
To protect the interest of domestic workers, the government is readying a national policy that proposes a minimum salary of Rs 9,000 per month for the skilled full-time household helps, along with a host of benefits including social security cover and mandatory leaves.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 17:53
The government is working on a proposal to raise minimum wages of workers, a top Labour Ministry official said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015, 20:37
UK immigration minister James Brokenshire issued a stark warning to so-called "rogue employers" of hundreds of raids to clamp down on the practice.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 22:34
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved release of wages directly to the accounts of the workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 14:11
The Alabama-based company will also issue an apology to the Indian workers, who brought to the US to be employed as welders, pipefitters and in other positions.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 12:51
Amid reports that entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off American employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeb Johnson has told lawmakers that any such allegations are very troubling and should be investigated.
Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015, 15:07
IT services provider Mphasis today said it will transfer a portion of its domestic business to Karvy Data Management Services for Rs 2.75 crore.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 18:39
To improve ease of doing business, government is proposing relaxed set of labour laws for hiring of contract workers with greater flexibility to companies and a proposal on this may soon be taken to the Cabinet.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 16:53
Foreigners working in the energy-rich Arab states of the Gulf sent more than $100 billion in remittances to their home countries last year, an economic report showed Tuesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 4, 2015, 17:58
Entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, raising new questions on how outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas to bring immigrants into technology jobs in the US, according to a media report.
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