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Opinion

Decline of trade unions since the 1970s may have led to the rise in inequality

Trade unions helped bridge the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in the US in the post-war years, new research shows

3 min read18 May 2018
News

H-1B application process to begin from 2 April, premium processing suspended

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces that petitions for H1-B visas will be accepted from 2 April

2 min read21 Mar 2018
News

Indian professionals hold rally to end green card backlog across US

Hundreds of Indian professionals held peaceful rallies across the US, demanding an end to the long and massive green card backlog by eliminating arbitrary per-country limit regulations

3 min read20 Mar 2018
Industry

Donald Trump proposes to end US visa lottery, favours skilled workers

The termination of Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme will significantly reduce green card backlogs for highly skilled immigrants from India

1 min read26 Jan 2018
Politics

Centre may set up body to regulate for-profit skills training sector

Skill training programmes run under both NSDC and industrial training institutes (ITIs) will likely be brought under a statutory body

2 min read25 Jan 2018
Opinion

A global opportunity for the Indian workforce

India will need to make policy adjustments to be able to take advantage of a potential change in the composition of the global labour force

4 min read12 Jan 2018
Politics

NITI Aayog proposes scheme for saving jobs from automation

NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar says govt should consider setting up a labour utilization fund to foot the bill for skilling workers and providing them social security

1 min read20 Dec 2017
News

Points-based green card system to help professionally skilled foreign workers: US

The move to introduce points- based system for green card would be advantageous to foreign workers with professional skills, says White House

3 min read3 Aug 2017
Companies

Cisco, Google benefit from Indian IT firms’ use of H-1B visa

Indian IT firms Infosys and Wipro are submitting H-1B visa applications for US tech firms like Cisco, Google to place high skilled workers on a contract basis

9 min read6 Jun 2017
Industry

IT hiring in India to hit a new low in April-September period: Report

IT hiring by Indian IT companies will fall 15 percentage points to 58% in April-September due to global slowdown, automation impact and scarcity of skilled workers

3 min read25 Apr 2017
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