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Employee working through fever disappointed by manager’s unsympathetic reply

The employee shared a chat screenshot with the manager after reporting being unwell.

Published on Nov 09, 2025 02:07 pm IST

Not just working hours, Maharashtra may hike overtime for some private staff too

The 2017 legislation regulates working hours for employees in places such as shops, hotels and entertainment venues, among others.

india news

Updated on Aug 27, 2025 12:37 pm IST

Maharashtra may soon hike working hours to 10 in private establishments

It is learnt that the labour department is looking to make around five major changes in the 2017 legislation, of which the most significant is the increase in work hours.

mumbai news

Updated on Aug 28, 2025 11:59 am IST

200 UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week

Some employees who still enjoy hybrid mode facilities have been fighting back the 'back-to-office' mandates.

world news

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 04:43 am IST

Civil society group Ludhiana MC over ‘wasteful’ expenditure

chandigarh news

Updated on Apr 05, 2023 02:14 am IST

Ludhiana Inc seeks Centre’s intervention over hiked raw material rates

Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings president Upkar Singh Ahuja addressing the media in Ludhiana on Saturday.

chandigarh news

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 10:58 pm IST

Life coach Abhishek Gupta shares hacks to combat procrastination

Life coach Abhishek Gupta

brand post

Updated on Sept 04, 2020 05:09 pm IST

Covid-19 in India: Time for bold experimentation

A health official collects a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 test, Chennai, June 16, 2020

analysis

Updated on Jun 18, 2020 07:33 pm IST

Poor women take the strain as climate change pushes men to leave home

The study’s findings chime with the views of many aid agencies and disaster experts, who say women and girls are suffering disproportionately from the effects of climate change.

lifestyle

Published on Nov 26, 2019 03:18 pm IST

Psychologists appointed to help cops handle job stress

Difficult working conditions, lack of regular rest days and less staff has made the police personnel prone to stress and tension, which impacts the effectiveness and quality of policing, officials say.

gurugram news

Published on Sept 10, 2019 02:48 am IST

Muthoot Finance threatens to shut down 300 branches in Kerala after stir

The CITU-backed Non-Banking & Private Finance Employees Association has been protesting outside Muthoot offices for the past several weeks seeking a wage hike and better working conditions. (Image used for representational purpose).

india news

Updated on Sept 05, 2019 02:58 pm IST

US women footballers’ equal pay lawsuit to go to trial in 2020

Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates with the trophy alongside Allie Long and Alex Morgan after winning the Women's World Cup.

football

Updated on Aug 20, 2019 11:44 am IST

Hindu Rao doctors strike work, surgeries postponed

Patients stand in queue inside the Hindu Rao Hospital as doctors are on strike, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, July 01, 2019. Doctors abandoned work after a relative of a patient allegedly attacked a doctor at Malka Ganj.

delhi news

Updated on Jul 03, 2019 07:31 am IST

Black-and-yellow taxis far behind in the race against app-based cabs in south Mumbai

Decades ago, the city had 63,000 black-and-yellow taxis.

mumbai news

Published on Jul 01, 2019 12:44 am IST

Bengal doctors’ stir ends after medical mayhem across states

Hundreds of thousands of people were turned away from hospitals, clinics and laboratories on Monday as a week-long protest by doctors culminated in a nationwide strike of unprecedented scale before a truce was announced late in the evening.

india news

Updated on May 23, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Funds released but docs won’t end stir till salary is credited

The north civic body said they had received money from the Delhi government and would pay salaries soon

delhi news

Updated on May 21, 2019 07:41 am 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

9 minors rescued after raids on meat processing units

During an inspection by the Supreme Court-appointed Slaughterhouse Monitoring Committee, the units were found to be operating without mandatory licences and under unhygienic conditions.

delhi news

Published on May 19, 2019 06:01 am IST

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to raise minimum wages

Amazon’s wage hike came at a time when US unemployment was at a near two-decade low as retailers and shippers were competing for hundreds of thousands of workers for the all-important holiday shopping season.

business

Updated on Apr 12, 2019 12:44 pm IST

The last show: The mujra dancers at Delhi’s GB Road struggle to keep alive the once thriving form of entertainment

The tinkling sound created by the ghungroos is distinctive to the mujra style of dancing.

art culture

Updated on Mar 09, 2019 01:50 pm IST

H-1B holders ‘frequently’ placed in poor working conditions: US think-tank

H-1B workers are “frequently” placed in poor working conditions and “vulnerable to abuse”, a US think-tank claimed Thursday, seeking reforms such as substantial increase in wages.

world news

Updated on Jan 17, 2019 09:05 am IST