Contract workers Archives - Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/tag/contract-workers/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:33:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 113682794 The Invisible Chains of Exploiting Working Women https://vivekvsp.com/2025/12/women-exploitation/ https://vivekvsp.com/2025/12/women-exploitation/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:33:25 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=9775 And Their Silent Struggle To Make A Living Working women face many issues at the workplace. Interviewing them is a challenge because they are reluctant...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2025/12/women-exploitation/feed/ 3 9775 Social Security for Tata Steel Contract Workers https://vivekvsp.com/2024/07/contract-workers/ https://vivekvsp.com/2024/07/contract-workers/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:18:12 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=8698 An Exemplary Scheme Provides Social Security Contract workers are among the most neglected workers in India. But Tata Steel cares for them by implementing Social...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2024/07/contract-workers/feed/ 11 8698 Rotational Employment of Temporary Workers Illegal https://vivekvsp.com/2021/05/temporary-workers-2/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/05/temporary-workers-2/#comments Sat, 15 May 2021 16:41:59 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6822 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/05/temporary-workers-2/feed/ 15 6822 Labour Market Reforms – The Rhetoric and Realities https://vivekvsp.com/2021/04/labour-market-reforms/ https://vivekvsp.com/2021/04/labour-market-reforms/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:52:16 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6765 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...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2021/04/labour-market-reforms/feed/ 1 6765 Fear, Hope and Issues in Industrial Relations Today https://vivekvsp.com/2018/06/fear-hope-ir/ https://vivekvsp.com/2018/06/fear-hope-ir/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:02:12 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5195 [Speech delivered at AON HEWITT 11th Annual Performance and Rewards Conference, Mumbai on June 14, 2018] I retired in 2009. The benefit of retirement is...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2018/06/fear-hope-ir/feed/ 20 5195 Shramik Ekta Mahasangh Files PIL to Challenge NEEM https://vivekvsp.com/2018/03/neem-pil/ https://vivekvsp.com/2018/03/neem-pil/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:23:43 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=5115 Shramik Ekta Mahasangh finally woke up to challenge the exploitative scheme NEEM [National Employability Enhancement Mission] by filing a public interest litigation. It was coming,...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2018/03/neem-pil/feed/ 4 5115 Precarious Work and Challenges Before Trade Unions https://vivekvsp.com/2017/12/precarious-work/ https://vivekvsp.com/2017/12/precarious-work/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:14:58 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=4994 At the outset many thanks for inviting me to address this seminar. The subject is ‘Challenges to the Trade Unions due to Growing Precarious Work...

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]]> https://vivekvsp.com/2017/12/precarious-work/feed/ 8 4994 234 Contract Workers Get Permanent Jobs https://vivekvsp.com/2017/01/contract-workers-get-permanent-jobs/ https://vivekvsp.com/2017/01/contract-workers-get-permanent-jobs/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:57:02 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=4722 AAK Kamani P Ltd has recently given 234 contract workers in permanent job. This is an unusual agreement! This agreement comes at a time when...

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