labour service law

The Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 came into effect from 16th November, 1995 replacing the erstwhile Employees Family Pension Scheme, 1971, which inter-alia provides superannuation/retirement and family pension. span style="font-..

Shri Shish Ram Ola has taken over as new Union Minister Labour and Employment Minister here in Shram Shakti Bhawan New Delhi today. Shri Ola is a Lok Sabha member (INC) from Jhunjhnu Constituency of Rajasthan and has already handled this portfolio from May 23, 2004 to November 27, 2004 ..

Ncpcr in Collaboration with ILO & Unicef Celebrates The World Day Against Child Labour span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; background-position: initial initial; backgr..

  A proposal for amendments in the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 to make it more effective, is under consideration with the Government. The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 has been placed in the Parli..

  Various suggestions have been made to amend the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 to improve quality of apprenticeship training, increase number of apprentices, include services sector for apprenticeship training, improve employability of apprentices, make the Ac..

  Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha has referred ‘The Child Labour (Prohibition Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012’ as introduced in Rajya Sabha to the Standing Committee on Labour for examination and Report. Considering the wide implication of the proposed amen..

  Central Government is conducting training programmes to develop work efficiency and skill development, particularly, among the labour class in six Advanced Training Institutes located at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Ludhiana and Mumbai, two Advanced Training In..

  As directed by the Prime Minister, senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet – Shri A.K. Antony, Defence Minister, Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister for Agriculture and Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister for Labour & Employment held a round of discussions with the repre..

  Reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). Last such quinquennial labour force survey was conducted during 2009-10. As per results of the most..

  As on 13.12.2012 (for the period from 01.04.2012 to 13.12.2012), out of 107.16 Lakh claims received for settlement order, only 6.96 Lakh claims are pending for settlement. span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;..

  Provident Fund contribution of private sector labourers covered under the Employees` Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is deposited in the State Bank of India. span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-..

        As on 30.11.2012, RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojana(RSBY) is being implemented in 26 States/UT, namely Assam, ..

  As per the existing provisions of Minimum Wages Act, minimum wages are revised quinquennially in the Central Sphere. In order to protect the minimum wages against inflation, the Central Government introduced the idea of Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) since 1989. The appropriate Governments are required to increase the minimum rates of wages f..

  The World Bank in its World Development Report, 2013: Jobs has suggested that India needs to focus on jobs and labour reforms. The report emphasizes the need to stay within the efficiency “plateau” of labour laws where labour policies are not too stringent ..

  In a market economy wage rates are dependent on a number of factors such as production, demand, labour mobility, geographical factors, cost of living etc. Both Central and State government intervene in the labour market with a view to fix minimum wages in respect of scheduled employments for which they are the appropriate governments.  ..