-The Hindu The swell of public opinion in China has enabled government regulation and change in company policy On September 20, 2021, the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, on behalf of gig Workers, filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court demanding that the Union government provide succour to Workers affected by the pandemic. The petition has asked for ‘gig Workers’ and ‘platform Workers’ to be declared as ‘unorganised Workers’...

-The Hindu Quarterly Employment Survey covered 10,593 firms across 9 sectors The All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey, in a report released on Monday, said that the overall employment numbers had increased by 29% from the base year of 2013-14. However, in the first quarter of this fiscal (April-June 2021), 27% of the establishments surveyed reported pandemic-related retrenchment. The report, released by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav, covered 10,593 firms that employed more than...

-PTI/ Business Standard As of September 25, the statement said, as many as 1,71,59,743 Workers have registered on the portal. Over 1.71 crore Workers from the unorganised sector have been registered on the e-Shram portal in the last one month since its launch on August 26, 2021. "Completion of one month of launch of e-Shram portal marks with the registration of more than 1.71 crores Workers from the unorganised sector and in unorganised...

-Newsclick.in In high and upper-middle-income countries, around 20% of all employed are overeducated; the corresponding share for lower-middle-income countries is around 12.5%, while in low-income countries it is less than 10%. Only half of the Workers worldwide hold jobs corresponding to their level of education, according to a recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The report pointed out that many people are working in jobs that do not match their...

-Newsclick.in Led by the Joint Platform of Scheme Workers Federations, ASHAs, along with Workers engaged in anganwadis, mid-day meal scheme and National Health Mission also demanded a legislation on ‘right to universal healthcare’. New Delhi: Pushed to the brink after their jobs remained non-regularised since many years now, nearly one crore government-sponsored scheme Workers staged a one-day strike on Friday, in what was termed as a “warning” action by the federations in...