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No need for concern about job losses as unemployment rate will fall below 3% in future: Labour Minister
The current unemployment rate of 3.2 per cent has come down from 6 per cent in the 2017-18 period.
PTI
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Govt to soon launch scheme to train adolescent girls for non-traditional jobs
A non-traditional career is generally defined as a certain role that has less than 25 per cent of a…
PTI
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India's labour market undergoing structural transformation, latest survey data misinterpreted: SBI Research
India's labour market is undergoing a deep structural transformation with self-entrepreneurship acr…
ANI
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In India, being educated might increase your chances of unemployment: ILO report
According to the latest International Labour Organisation (ILO) report on India's labour landscape,…
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India’s economic growth “very robust” as Western companies shift investment focus from China to India: UN expert
India's economic growth has been described as “very robust” by a UN expert, highlighting the countr…
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India's unemployment rate dips to a six-year low; rural areas report improvement
India's unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above was recorded at a six-year low of 3…
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Net new women EPFO subscribers addition rises to 28.69 lakh in FY23
Retirement fund body EPFO recorded a net new women subscribers addition of 28,69,688 in FY23 agains…
PTI
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Mobility is good for careers, says TCS on employee transfers
India’s top IT company TCS said that employee transfers are a part of their contracts with the comp…
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Self-employed males earn 2.5 times more than females: Oxfam
Gender discrimination is the reason for 98 per cent of employment gap between males and females in …
PTI
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India's urban unemployment rate dips to 7.6% in the April-June quarter
It dipped to 7.6 per cent during the April-June quarter from 12.6 per cent during the correspond…
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Accenture, TCS and other top tech giants that extend adoption leaves to its female employees
From boardroom participation to inclusive policies, India Inc is stepping up its efforts to recogni…
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Fewer jobs for better educated: India’s unemployment rate stands at 13.2% among the highly educated segment
Unemployment has emerged as a key challenge for the Indian government as it heads into the general …
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India would be US$550 billion richer if it just increased its share of women in the labor force by 10%
It’s a stark and daily reminder of just how far India has to go in terms of solving its gender i…
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More women are drawing salaries in India but the gender pay gap persists
The overall share of salaried employees improved from 48.3% in 2018 to 50% in March 2019. Howeve…
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India tops the world in producing female graduates in STEM but ranks 19th in employing them
As India is digitally transforming at a rapid pace, the demand for technologically competent employ…
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Labour's Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner cleared by Durham Police of 'beergate' lockdown-breaching allegations
Durham Police said it had found no breaches of lockdown regulations in its investigation of an Apri…
Henry Dyer
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US adds 379,000 jobs in February, say Labour Department report
In February, most of the job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, with smaller gains in te…
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Billionaires Azim Premji and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw argue against the labour ‘reforms’ in Indian states— and they are not alone
However, the idea does not resonate well with the experts. After a notice from the Allah…
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Indian women don’t like being gig workers — the potentially $455 billion industry has to woo them with fair pay to start with
There are at least two surveys that explain the lag in the labour reforms for women. In 2018, …