The recent Bombay High Court judgement striking down ‘rotational employment of temporary workers’ at Bajaj Auto is a welcome development. Call it an unfair labour…
Thane HR Group had invited Dr. Vidyadhar Ishwar (Labour Economist and Associate Prof at Aston University, Birmingham, UK) to deliver a talk on ‘Labour Market…
There are several external factors influence industrial relations. Let us take a quick look at them. The first factor which affects industrial relations is the…
Precariat is the most neglected part of the workforce today; not just in India but all over the world. My blogs on BPCL, Temporary workers’…
After I published my blog ‘The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence’. I received this document. It is the report submitted to The Chief Minister of…
The Press has extensively reported the violence at Wistron. It points to a big malaise about the way work is organised and compensated. Let us…
It is important to watch the documentary ‘Rotten’ on Netflix to understand how people prove Galbraith’s acute observation: ‘Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism,…
A friend told me this story. His five-year-old daughter put a quiz to him (only kids can imagine such situations!): ‘A man falls from the…
This title is an adopted version of the Unison’s statement ‘Normal was never good enough.’ This was my presentation today at the Webinar organized by…
Lockdown raised a vital question for employees – will they receive pay for the absence due to lockdown? Was it a ‘hamlet-esque’ for employers –…