Impasse enters Day 16: Toyota rolling out less than 100 units a day

Battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, the maker of the Fortuner and Innova models is staring at a steep loss in the ongoing financial year. The stalemate between the workmen and management of Toyota......

Draft rules for gig workers are 'complex, confusing and shoddy'

Experts say, these leave many matters to the discretionary powers of bureaucrats, rather than providing them explicitly in the rules. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Workers in the gig......

Reskill or refund: Retrenched workers face Hobson's choice

If retrenched workers are unable to reskill within a fixed period of time, they will have to return the money given to them by the government. Moreover, they may be asked to pay back an interest on......

Rules for hiring contract workers eased

However, the government has enacted an important change to the fixed-term employment framework that may help companies in handing out contractual jobs to its existing permanent workforce. The......