Category: Labour Laws & Human Rights
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AMELIORATION OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS IN THE INDIAN LABOUR MARKET: A SEA OF NON-INCLUSIVE PROVISIONS
INTRODUCTION The world community is responsible for the long overdue in how we view transgender persons. Gender, for the longest time, has been an austerely binary concept, but we are slowly transitioning and accepting gender identities the way they are and the people for who they are. The case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union…
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MATERNITY BENEFITS IN INDIA: ANALYSING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND LIMITATIONS
Maternity Benefits refer to the distinct protection granted to women during the time of their pregnancy and maternity. Such protection ensures that women are not deprived of their jobs, rather, they are entitled to certain monetary and non-monetary benefits. The rationale behind providing these benefits is that women are particularly vulnerable (physically as well as…
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RESERVATION FOR VISUALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS IN GOVERNMENT JOBS: ANALYSIS OF SECTION 32 AND SECTION 33 OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ACT, 1995
Article 41 of the Indian Constitution and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory, secures the right to work of the visually disabled, along with the larger disabled community. However, these laws are fleeting for visually disabled people who continue to be discriminated against…
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‘RESPONDENT’ GENDER EQUALITY IN RELATION TO THE POSH ACT, 2013
Introduction Social perspectives have an inevitable role to play in the genesis of laws. The letter of the law and its execution has been stained by the indelible marks of gender inequality and its prolonged history. In this context, a gender based perception of victims and offenders is discernible. “Sexual harassment” is one of such…
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FROM INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION TO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: A TRANSITION NECESSARY FOR CROSS BORDER MOVEMENT OF WORKERS
INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the entire humanity. Both rich and poor are facing the brunt of this pandemic. However, it is the poor who is severely affected. Both inter-state and inter-country migration of poor workers in search of work; has stopped. Although there are no or very minimal problems faced by…
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UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF CONVENTION 182 OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION- A SHORT STEP TOWARDS THE LONG MARCH AHEAD
Amit Kumar On 4th August 2020, Convention 182 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) received ratification from all (187) member states of ILO. Convention 182 deals with the worst forms of child labour. It was adopted in 1999 to eradicate child labour in worst forms with the help of national and international action and co-operation.…
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BONDED LABOUR LAWS: A MERE EXISTENCE?
Ishita Shailesh & Shubham Gupta INTRODUCTION The recent ongoing debate regarding exemptions on labour law to curb the economic effect of COVID’19 brings the question of the wellbeing of the most ignored strata of the labour community the “Bonded Labour”. These people even in normal circumstances struggle for basic amenities and rights thus it becomes…
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HUMANITY ON THE MOVE: AN ANTICLIMAX
Sanighdha “The greatest nations are defined by how they treat their weakest inhabitants.” -Jorge Ramos INTRODUCTION While we sit in our cosy homes enjoying the monsoon, there are lakhs of migrants stranded on every nook and corner holding no key to the plethora of their problems; unlike we, the privileged ones have. Yet, we still…