News India Employment: Retail jobs in India down 12% amid record festive sales, says report
As e-commerce players earn big this festival season, India saw a de-growth of 11.8 per cent in retail sector jobs from August 2021 to August this year, a report showed on Friday ...
News India Employment: Indian workers rescued from job scams in Southeast Asia
India's government on Friday said it has rescued about 130 Indian workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia after they were lured by agents for fake job opportunities in the information technology sector in Thailand. Arindam Bagchi, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, said some fraudulent IT companies appear to be engaged in digital scamming and forged cryptocurrencies. The Indian workers were held captive and forced to commit cyber fraud, he told reporters.
News India Employment: INDIA STOCKS Indian shares close down ahead of U.S. jobs data
Indian shares ended a tad lower on Friday, weighed by consumer and technology stocks, ahead of a major U.S. jobs report that will likely feed into the Federal Reserve's rate hike strategy.
News India Employment: INDIA STOCKS Indian shares seen opening lower; U.S. jobs data in focus
Indian shares are expected to open lower on Friday, tracking Asian peers, ahead of major U.S. jobs data that will provide clues on the Federal Reserve's rate hike strategy, while investors kept an eye on surging crude prices.
News India Employment: Explained: State of (un)employment in India
India’s already low labour force participation rate has fallen further to 40% in December 2021, latest CMIE data show. What is the significance of LFPR and employment rate, and why are fewer people seeking jobs?
News India Employment: One in five employees at top Indian outsourcers left in the last year
Last week, Infosys was summoned by India's Ministry of Labour & Employment to discuss the legality of a non-compete clause in employee contracts after the Ministry received a complaint from IT labor ...
News India Employment: Gig economy in India is a relatively late starter; pandemic accelerates new ways of work
The Indian work culture is going through a metamorphic change. The new generation doesn’t want to be stuck with a time-bound job. These individuals are finding sustainable employment opportunities in ...
News India Employment: India doing 'much better' in fight against child labour under Modi govt, says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
“India has also ratified both the convention, one on the worst forms of child labour and one on the minimum age of employment, the ILO conventions. Even the United States has not yet ratified the ...
News India Employment: India's jobs crisis is more serious than it seems
Jitendra Maurya was one of more than 10,000 jobless young people who turned up for interviews for 15 low-skilled government jobs in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. Many of them were overqualified ...
