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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet amends labour laws; approves 10-hour workday for labourers
Andhra Pradesh amends labour laws to boost Ease of Doing Business, allowing women in night shifts, increasing working hours.
The Diplomat2d
Myanmar’s Civil War Spawns a Rich Pool of Underpaid Garment Workers
The minimum wage is pegged at 354 baht ($10.82) a day in the Mae Sot area, but according to the AWO and Dave Welsh of the ...
Arbitrator-dictated contract imposed on rail workers after Canadian government’s strike ban
Forced into binding arbitration by a glaringly unconstitutional back-to-work order, 3,200 locomotive engineers, conductors, ...
The Print on MSN3d
Naidu govt approves 10-hr workdays, night shifts for women in bid to attract more industry, investment
Hyderabad: The Chandrababu Naidu government, under the slogan ‘Speed of Doing Business’, has decided to extend minimum ...
India Today4d
Andhra changes labour laws to raise private sector working hours to 10
The Andhra Pradesh government has amended labour laws in the state to increase the maximum working hours in private firms and ...
consilium.europa4d
Forced labour products
Forced labour, including forced child labour, is still widespread across the world. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that globally there are around 27.6 million people in a ...
Canada Post, union trade shots Monday as progress stalls
Monday afternoon, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers blasted the Crown corporation, saying it was counting on government ...