Classify COVID-19 as ‘occupational disease’, trade union federation tells UK government
Section of Indian experts say the country needs to follow suit but is a long way off
Being darker makes being a migrant much harder
Migrants from 'developed' economies enjoy more clout
Menace at work
Health in Peril
Hard work pays
Hard manual labour may actually reduce the risk of breast cancer in women
The unskilled Venkataswamy
Need a national policy to combat viral and other diseases with pandemic potential: Parliamentary report
Report also made observations about the failure of implementing the One Nation One Ration Card scheme among migrant workers
No, economic recovery has not brought about a drop in MGNREGA job demand: Experts
Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in MGNREGA; This has driven down demand for work under the scheme …
Sweltering summers: India must safeguard workforce from heatwaves, warn experts
Proper implementation of government relief schemes, the impact of heat on workers, flexible working hours, should all be looked into, say experts
Odisha Panchayat polls: Caught in a web of debt, exploitative labour only option for migrant villagers
Panchayat elections have little significance for migrant villagvers who won't be casting their votes
We’re scared of 3rd COVID-19 wave: Migrant workers reflect on 2 years of turbulence
Two years on, ripples from the first COVID-19 wave continue to cast a shadow on lives of migrant workers
Implement ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ by July 31: Supreme Court
It also asked states to bring in an appropriate scheme for distribution of dry ration to migrant labourers till COVID-19 pandemic lasts &…
COVID-19 lockdown provides opportunity to save Punjab’s declining groundwater
Pandemic forced Punjabi farmers to adopt a less water- and labour intensive rice growing technique because of labour shortage; it now might …
COVID-19 lockdown, recession backbreaking for informal workers, survey shows
The survey was done on 1,613 rural households in Bihar
Pesticide poisoning
Kerala's tryst with pesticide-related deaths continue
British trade union Amicus builds an international alliance
Heat stress affected worker output in factories in India: Study
Manufacturing plants generate about two per cent less revenue for every one degree Celsius rise in annual temperature, the study found
No more N-I-M-B-Y
Our excessive reliance on 'others' to manage 'our' waste has let the situation go out of hand
Life around Mumbai’s salt pans
The salt pans are a source of livelihood for more than 2,000 migrant workers from different parts of the country
Labour vs pollution
Ever since the Supreme Court (sc) ordered closure/relocation of polluting units in Delhi, which subsequently left nearly 50,000 people jobless,…
Maharashtra women missed meals during COVID-19 lockdown, finds survey
10% of the 946 women surveyed skipped one meal a day; 7% skipped two meals a day
A dark tunnel
Twenty-nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the "weak mountains" for …
Wages of fear: How did COVID-19 geographic shift affect MGNREGA implementation?
The understanding should be part of India’s contingency plan to support rural livelihoods in the event of a third wave of the pandemic
COVID-19: Migrant labourers are leaving Gujarat, again
The second COVID-19 wave has marred businesses, migrant workers face dearth of work
Icy sweat-shops