Categories Employment, Urban

Ola and Uber failing to live up to the promises made

With mushrooming of commercial drivers, incomes are falling and expenses are rising. Unable to pay monthly loan instalments, cars are being seized, while contracted employees cannot quit. Will legal p...

Category: Employment, Urban

by Amrit B L S | On 29 Jun 2017

An Analysis of the Informal Labour Market in India

The Indian labour market is characterised by predominance of informal employment with more than 90 per cent of India’s informal workforce working as self-employed and casual workers. The worrying tre...

Category: Employment, Urban

by A Srija | On 01 Oct 2014

Myth of Chinese Labour Flexibility

India has been a land of myths. Industrial relations are no exception to this trend. The arguments in the name of supporting the chorus for labour law and governance reforms, when reviewed carefully w...

Category: Employment, Urban

by K.R. Shyam Sundar | On 14 Nov 2014

India's Demographic Challenge

India’s leaders have long said they are committed to employment, but have shown little stomach for the economic upheaval rapid job creation entails. The economy will soon have a fifth of the world’s...

Category: Employment, Urban

by Anonymous | On 11 May 2013

'Mirakles' Do Happen!

A courier service entirely run and staffed by the deaf? Is it a workable idea? Here’s the remarkable story of just such a service surviving against all odds.

Category: Employment, Urban

by Indira Gartenberg | On 18 Apr 2009