Since the Centre imposed lockdown came into effect on midnight of 23 March 2020 there have been at least 16 reported cases of violence against
On 28 February, four factory workers were killed and 28 were injured in a chemical factory blast in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh. The injured include five children
Tamil Nadu: Emergency Ambulance Service workers demand benefits at par with other health workers 27 March 2020: Over 2000 ambulance service workers including drivers and
Supreme Court allows construction workers to approach Consumer Court against Construction Workers’ Welfare Board. 18 March 2020: In the matter of Joint Labour Commissioner &
Punjab: Government issues advisory to employers against firing workers and slashing wages 29 March 2020: The Punjab government has issued an advisory to industries and
According to an ILO report of 4 April 2020: “…Full or partial lockdown measures are now affecting almost 2.7 billion workers, representing around 81 per
…This murderer deserves nothing more. He no longer needs to live, for his life is meaningless. Who am I to decide this? If not a
On 1 February, Sanjeev Kumar (42), working as an ammonia operator died from a gas leak in the maintenance unit of Haldiram’s. The building had
J&K: Government employees seek revocation of SRO-202 17 February 2020: Employees recruited in government jobs in J&K under the controversial recruitment rule SRO-202 that entails
The ongoing Corona Virus pandemic was first identified in the Wuhan province of China in December 2019. The virus primarily spreads between people via respiratory