Month: October 2024

Author: Surekha Naresh is a fourth-year B.A LL.B (Hons) student at Tamil Nadu National Law University. The article addresses the issues of migrant workers’ exploitation and modern day slavery in the advanced countries and the Middle East. It emphasises the factors that put migratory individuals at risk of unscrupulous practices such as the kafala sponsorship…

Authors: Mohit Chand and Khushi Sharma are studying law at National Law Univeristy Odisha. The rapid expansion of the gig economy has highlighted significant legal and ethical challenges, particularly in the realms of workplace safety and sexual harassment prevention. The POSH Act  was enacted to safeguard women from sexual harassment in professional environments. However, its applicability…

Authors: Manav Pamnani is a third-year student at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad; Teesha Arora is a fourth-year student at the Symbiosis Law School, Pune. This article explores the critical balance between flexibility and protection in India’s labour regulations, focusing on the impact of the 2020 labour codes, which consolidated twenty-nine central laws into…

Author: Sharada A Kalale is a fourth year student at National Law University Delhi. The article aims to critically analyse the challenges faced by contractual sanitation workers, particularly focusing on the judicial system’s shortcomings in addressing their rights and protections. It highlights the inadequacies and blind spots in judicial decisions and legal frameworks that fail…

Author: Harsheen Kaur Luthra is a third-year B.A.LL.B. (Hons) student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. India’s gig economy is rapidly expanding, with 7.7 million workers in 2020 projected to grow to 23.5 million by 2029-30. Despite this growth, gig workers face poor working conditions, income instability, and lack of social security benefits…