Policy News
Japan: New pact to allow specified skilled workers from India to stay and work in Japan for up to 5 years
India: Labour Ministry to appoint legal consultants to review State labour laws and bring them in consonance with new labour codes
Myanmar: Workers urge government to set-up stand-alone Ministry of Labour
India: Telangana state announces 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in government jobs, education
Legal News
Namibia: Striking workers to move contempt of court case against Shoprite Namibia management over violation of court judgement
India: Supreme Court panel seeks status report from Delhi government over payment of compensation to kin of safai workers who died while cleaning sewers
Workers’ Rights
India: Teachers join forces with striking farmers and workers, demand repealing of labour codes and farm laws
USA: Fast-food workers in 15 cities plan strike demanding $15 hourly minimum wage and the Right to Freedom of Association
Kenya: Health-workers strike demanding living wage and PPEs continues amidst govt threats to resume work
India: Farmers' unions reject government offer to suspend implementation of Farm Acts for 18 months, reiterate demand for repeal and remunerative MSP
South Africa: National broadcaster SABC workers to embark on another strike over the protracted retrenchment process
Netherlands: Metal and Electronical workers to go on strike demanding higher pay rise and more control over their work schedules
India: Power sector workers to boycott work against promulgation of Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020
France: Unions Workers strike over job cuts at French vaccine maker Sanofi
Bolivia: Transport workers hold 48-hour nationwide strike over issues of bank loan payment deferrals amid the pandemic
Precarious Workers
India: Chennai Corporation terminates over 700 Sanitation Workers, another 2,200 face threat due to privatization of solid waste management works
UAE: Migrant workers working for security company G4S made to pay illegal fees to recruitment agents for securing their jobs
India: Migrant workers who went back to Bihar during lockdown yet to be rehabilitated by the state government
Job Cuts
FedEx Plans to Cut Up to 6,300 Jobs in Europe
Instacart to cut about 1,900 jobs in the US, including 10 workers who recently formed a union
Studies and Opinions
India: Migration, a compulsion, not a choice for migrant workers from tribal-dominated districts
India: Government must universalise maternity benefits
Study shows that technology problems lead to higher stress among people working from home
India: Younger workers and women worst affected by job loss during pandemic, employment conditions and insecurity worse than before
