Category: Social Security
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THE MANDATORY FASTAGS SYSTEM: MACHINES V. WORKERS
“Creating better humans will always be more important than creating smarter machines”. -Garry Kasparov Introduction The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways made FASTag mandatory for certain categories of vehicles from February 2021 in order to turn the highway toll collection system into a fully automated system. FASTag is a system wherein a tag will…
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THE PLATFORM ECONOMY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LENS: THE LEGAL INTEGRATION OF GIG-WORK IN INDIA
The insecurities that come along with the sharing economy is feared to “jeopardize welfare” in countries like Canada and The United States, where social security systems and worker protection measures like health coverage and “insurance against injuries” are limited to “stable employment contracts”. The gig economy has monumentally grown as a flexible employment alternative, especially…
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A MIRAGE OF PROTECTION? – PLATFORM WORKERS IN INDIA
Introduction Labour laws are welfare legislations[i], enacted to fulfil three crucial roles[ii]– Establishing a legal system that facilitates productive individual and collective employment relationship. Serve as an important vehicle for achieving harmonious relations based upon workplace democracy. Provide a clear and constant reminder and guarantee of fundamental principles and rights at work.[iii] However, in the…
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FIXED-TERM EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE: ANALYSING THE LEGAL FLAWS AND LIMITATIONS
Introduction to Fixed Term Employment Fixed Term Employment (hereinafter referred to as ‘FTE’) refers to the engagement of employees for work for a fixed period of time through execution of written contracts with them, which can be renewed after the expiry of the said term with the mutual agreement of the employers and the employee.…
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A MISSED OPPORTUNITY: THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WORKING CONDITIONS CODE, 2020
Pallavi Modi & Priyal Reddy Introduction Article 39(e) of the Constitution of India remarks that the State should focus and tender for the health and strength of the workers. Despite this Constitutional protection, the health and security of workers has always been a dwindling issue in the country. It is also important to understand that…
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THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE AVAILABILITY OF MATERNITY BENEFITS TO SURROGATE MOTHERS
Kriti The provision of maternity protection is essential in furthering the idea of equal opportunity in employment. The idea of providing for such benefits is to prevent childbirth from working as a deterrent to women in their employment, and to ensure that women do not have to pick between their “reproductive and productive roles.” As…
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FLICKERING RIGHT TO LIVELIHOOD OF VENDORS IN THE TIMES OF COVID-19
Ridhima Chadda INTRODUCTION The world is suffering from the pandemic and fighting for survival through lockdowns. These lockdowns, which aim to prevent the spread of virus, have caused a huge loss to the economy of many countries. The pandemic has heavily affected trade and employment. Many employers lost their jobs and ran out of resources.…
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COVID-19: DOMESTIC WORKERS IN NEED OF HELP
Jahanvi Somvanshi & Tulika Somvanshi Introduction The Pune Zilha Gharkaamgar Sanghtana, on the occasion of International Domestic Workers Day (June 16), expressed its solidarity with domestic workers across the world, who are currently facing huge crisis because of Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. According to International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 55 million domestic workers…
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PROVIDENT FUND BENEFITS FOR TEMPORARY WORKERS IN INDIA
Shrirang Ashtaputre & Manasi Gokhale INTRODUCTION: Jawaharlal Nehru, the 1st prime minister of India, had rightly declared dams and industries to be the backbone of India’s economy and undertook diverse measures for rapid industrialization. And for manifesting the visions of the founding fathers, the country witnessed an increased dependency on manual labour, both skilled and…
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THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WORKING CONDITION CODE, 2019: AN IMPERITIVE STEP TOWARD A HASSEL FREE ECONOMY
Pritesh Raj Considering the established fact that India is an emerging economic power, it is essential to bring the redundant labour laws in vis-a-vis with the economic and sociological conditions of the day. Pursuant to this endeavour, the second National Commission on Labour, 2002 recommended the amalgamation of 29 labour laws into a set of…