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UN agency blocks Trump official's appointment over US arrears

UN agency blocks Trump official's appointment over US arrears
us news
Published on Jun 02, 2026 12:00 am IST

Jayasankar Krishnamurty: Lifelong friend, academic

A defining milestone was his selection as Agatha Harrison Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, which left a deep imprint on his intellectual journey (Kim Traynor/Wikimedia Commons)
opinion
Updated on Dec 11, 2025 09:35 pm IST

Shaping the living wage agenda: Asia-Pacific’s call to action

PREMIUM
Minimum wages, which are legally binding wage floors, are designed to protect workers against unduly low pay.
ht insight
Updated on Sept 22, 2025 02:20 pm IST

ILO Director says India must adapt rapidly to shifting work dynamics

ILO Director Michiko Miyamoto acknowledged that AI is definitely affecting and will continue to affect jobs. She emphasised the importance of understanding which occupations and demographic groups face greater risks. (Representative image/Unsplash)
news
Updated on Jul 22, 2025 03:15 pm IST

Maternity leave is a constitutional right. Now let’s talk about paternity leave

Maternity
opinion
Published on Jun 16, 2025 06:00 am IST

Mind the Gap: The Great Return

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opinion
Published on Mar 10, 2025 06:00 am IST

Learn to draw boundaries at work to avoid burnout, say mental health experts

There is no harm in asking for help or clarity at the workplace if it help ease the burden
wellness
Updated on Oct 15, 2024 04:18 pm IST

Legally Speaking | Do we have the right to sleep?

The right to sleep or rest has been termed a basic human right(Shutterstock)
analysis
Published on Apr 24, 2024 09:04 pm IST

Building an inclusive social safety system

PREMIUM
WSPR suffers from a measurement issue. In India, the size of the unorganised or informal sector is about 80%.
opinion
Published on Jul 20, 2023 10:19 pm IST

Labour Day 2022: As CMs take to Twitter, here’s some trivia on the day

Image shared by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Twitter.
india news
Published on May 01, 2022 11:07 am IST

52 million job deficit, 21 million more unemployed in 2022: Report

The report suggests that global unemployment will be as high as 207 million in 2022, surpassing the 2019 level by some 21 million. (Pradeep Gaur/MINT)
world news
Published on Jan 19, 2022 10:22 am IST

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

PREMIUM
All countries have suffered a sharp deterioration in employment and national income.
international affairs
Published on May 11, 2024 03:03 pm IST

World Day against Child Labour 2020: Significance, Theme, Steps taken to eradicate the social evil

International Labour Organization (ILO), launched the World Day Against Child Labour to ensure a normal childhood for the many children in the age group 5 to 17 and providing them with adequate education, proper health care, leisure time or just basic freedom.
lifestyle
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 12:15 pm IST

About 400 million workers in India may sink into poverty: UN report

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education
Published on Apr 08, 2020 03:49 pm IST

Global unemployment projected to rise by around 2.5 million in 2020: UN report

The annual WESO Trends report analyses key labour market issues, including unemployment, labour underutilisation, working poverty, income inequality, labour income share and factors that exclude people from decent work.
education
Published on Jan 21, 2020 02:19 pm IST

India must seize the opportunity to create safe and healthy workplace

During 2011-16, the number of cases of occupational diseases reported to the government in India was only 562. In contrast, a scientific article published in the National Medical Journal of India, 2016, indicates prevalence of occupational diseases such as silicosis and byssinosis.
analysis
Published on May 20, 2019 08:08 am IST

Netflix original Roma casts spotlight on Latin America’s domestic workers

Mexican domestic worker Ignacia Ponciano poses at the house where she has worked for over 30 years in Mexico City on January 18, 2019. - The working conditions of domestics in Latin America, to whom director Alfonso Cuaron pays homage in his recent movie 'Roma', is slowly reaching a legal framework. Whilst several countries in the region have established laws for the sector in the last decade, other simultaneous realities such as economic crises and migration, are hampering those conquests and ambitions of formality. (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP)
lifestyle
Updated on Feb 20, 2019 07:02 pm IST

Informal jobs are the new norm, not the exception

We need to identify strategies to organise informal workers (both the working poor and gig economy workers) to increase their collective representative voice and ensure that their fundamental rights at work are not violated.
analysis
Updated on Feb 11, 2019 07:29 am IST

Men sharing childcare make society more equal

According to a July 2018 International Labour Organization (ILO)
columns
Published on Feb 09, 2019 03:26 pm IST

Qatar amends laws to allow foreign workers to leave country without exit permits from employers

Doha is keen to show it is tackling allegations of worker exploitation as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup, which it has presented as a showcase of its progress and development.
world news
Updated on Sept 05, 2018 10:38 am IST

The big #MeToo dilemma in India and China is who you gonna call

Human resource departments may have something to do with women not reporting bad behaviour in Asian companies.
editorials
Updated on Apr 30, 2018 10:53 am IST
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