Right to work, pension hears dissent by ministries

New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) International NGO Social Accountability (SAI) has conferred Indian telecom operator Uninor SA8000 certification for complying workplace standards based on International Labour Organisation and UN conventions."The SA8000 is ...

Facing a shortage of labourers, Sri Lanka plans to grant work visas to Indians to harvest paddy in the country`s north and east, a media report said on Sunday.

The inaugural session of Indian labour conference was briefly disrupted by a union leader who demanded a "reply" from the Prime Minister on the alleged inaction of Assam government despite promising a CBI probe into the killing of his colleague there in ...

           Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s address at the 45 th session of the Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi today :            “Let me begin by ...

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh while inaguarating the 45th session of the Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi said, the government has paid very serious attention to the issues raised by trade unions. He said, the UPA Government is committed to ...

400 expatriate Indians have registered as volunteers to help Indian workers in Saudi Arabia affected by a new labour policy.

Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz on Thursday said that the Labour party is shifting its stance on the European Union and is edging towards an in-out referendum. The party's former minister for Europe and chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select ...

Of about 60,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who applied for emergency exit papers following a new labour policy in that country, 18,000 have got their documents processed. Sibi George, deputy chief of mission in the Indian embassy in Riyadh, said the ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 28: A new Saudi labour policy reserving 10 percent of jobs for locals is a major issue for India as it could lead to reduced employment there for Indians, a senior minister said Thursday."It's a serious issue that will affect not ...