"Rs 4500 not good enough" - how much is?

silkboard - 30-JAN-2013

Some interesting numbers from the ongoing protests by anganwadi workers. See them in context of minimum wages prescribed by state government.

From The Hindu, Jan 24,

Paying your domestic help, BMTC strike, and the minimum wage scandal

silkboard - 8-OCT-2012

A question for you. Did you give your domestic help(s) a day off on Gandhi Jayanti? If not, then did you give them (domestic help, apartment security, etc) double the usual pay for working on a National Holiday?

Right to sack a recalcitrant worker

murali772 - 25-JUL-2012

The brutal attacks on senior managers of Maruti-Suzuki's Manesar unit, leaving one of them dead and several others seriously injured, has again brought to the fore the matter of labour law reforms.

The hands that built Bombay

sourav894 - 6-JUL-2012

Oh, for a government job!

murali772 - 23-MAY-2012

The government has instituted very strict labour laws. But, unable to comply with them, even as they remain the biggest employers in the country, government organisations are openly flouting the laws, as comes out clearly in each of the following cases:

Urban minimum wage as election promise?

silkboard - 7-APR-2009

Cities are not just about rich or middle classes. It is estimated that majority of residents (> 60%) in our cities belong in poor or lower middle income groups. I was wondering if Lok Sabha 2009 has seen any promises that would influence the votes of this sizeable group?