labour
- Middle East
65,000 foreign employees benefited from Saudi Arabia’s labour reforms: Ministry
Riyadh: A total of 65,000 foreign employees have benefited from the labour reforms initiated by Saudi Arabia one year ago, said the kingdom’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. The “contractual…
- World
US initial jobless claims spike after hitting record low
Washington: Initial unemployment claims in the US increased to 373,000 last week, after hitting the lowest level since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Labour Department reported. In the week ending…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia unemployment rate falls to 6.5% in Q1
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate fell to 6.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 7.4 per cent of the last quarter in 2020, state media reported. The General…
- World
Australia’s unemployment rate falls to 5.1%
Canberra: Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen for the seventh consecutive month to pre-pandemic levels, according to labour force data released on Thursday. The data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…
- World
Canada’s unemployment rate reaches 8.1 percent
Ottawa: The Canadian unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage point to 8.1 percent in April from March 2021 as public health measures against the Covid-19 pandemic were tightened. In a statement on Friday, Statistics…
- India
PIL in HC to curb begging by children at traffic signals
New Delhi: A PIL in the Delhi High Court has sought directions to the Centre and AAP government to curb child begging and prevent employing children as labour at traffic signals to sell…
- Featured News
Why do our farmers and farm labour get the lowest wage rates?
Amir Ullah Khan and Anjana Divakar India’s economy has been among the fastest growing economies in the world, at least till 2016 and, one of its major contributors has been the agriculture…
- World
Labour and Greens to have Cooperation Agreement
Wellington: The Labour Party and the Green Party will have a Cooperation Agreement that will see the Green Party Co-leaders hold ministerial portfolios outside of Cabinet, and areas of cooperation on climate,…
- India
Ludhiana’s cycle industry falls down due to labour shortage
Ludhiana: The bicycle manufactures in Ludhiana are unable to meet the rising demand and recover the losses faced during the nationwide lockdown due to shortage of labour in the state. “The cycle…
- India
Lockdown brings focus on labour
Kingshuk Nag Defying the lockdown migrant workers came on the road in hundreds in Mumbai outside the Bandra railway station on Tuesday afternoon demanding that they are provided transport to back to…
- Opinions
Reality and fear haunt migration labour in lockdown times
M. A. Siraj The exodus of lakhs of labourers from worksites and their bare-feet march to home states will perhaps remain the most gripping and enduring reminder of the COVID-19 catastrophe on…
- India
Haryana has 28,000 cooperative societies: Khattar
Yamunanagar: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the cooperation movement has made significant contribution in the socio-economic development of the country. There are about 28,000 cooperative societies in Haryana,…
- Delhi
1 labourer dead and 2 missing while working in Delhi Jal Board drain
New Delhi: One labourer died and two others went missing while working at a Delhi Jal Board drain in Khyala area of the national capital here on Friday. The deceased, Shahrukh, aged…
- Crime and Accident
Delhi: 2 labourers die after inhaling poisonous gas at flour mill
New Delhi: Two labourers of a flour mill based at Lawrence Road here died after getting stuck inside a tank in the mill. Both the workers had gone inside the tank for…
- Middle East
Qatar says committed to labour reform after Amnesty criticism
Doha: Qatar said Wednesday it is committed to labour reform following an Amnesty International report that the 2022 World Cup host is failing to stop widespread labour abuse. Doha said it was…
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