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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 during random testing of people (AP)

India should aim at zero transmission of COVID to healthcare workers: Experts

1 min read . 22 Nov 2020

Across advanced economies, full-time workers’ schedules haven’t changed much in recent decades. Photo: iStock

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Shorter workweek isn’t boon for job gains

4 min read . 12 Oct 2020

Many of these non-farm jobs are outside the village too. (Photo: HT)

Rural roads take workers away from agriculture

1 min read . 08 Oct 2020

Higher wages will impact startups and smaller firms, who may not be able to meet the increased wage requirements.

US imposes fresh curbs on H-1B visa

2 min read . 08 Oct 2020

Working from home blurs the line between work and personal life, which stresses out employees, finds a new study. Photo: iStockphoto

One-third of Indian workers face increased burnout at work: Microsoft study

1 min read . 07 Oct 2020

The ₹50-lakh insurance cover 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19' was announced on March 30 for a period of 90 days. (PTI)

Insurance scheme for frontline COVID health workers: Payment made in 95 cases

1 min read . 06 Oct 2020

The PIL filed at the Supreme Court wants political parties declared as ‘public authority’.

SC issues notice to Centre on PIL to rescue Indian workers from Gulf

1 min read . 06 Oct 2020

Migrants climbing up list of UK’s top earners

1 min read . 01 Oct 2020

Work-from-home boosts gender parity

2 min read . 30 Sep 2020

Parliament passes 3 key labour reform bills

2 min read . 23 Sep 2020

Expats living in Riyadh gather ahead of suring in the

Why migrant workers in Gulf countries are sending record amount of money home

2 min read . 22 Sep 2020

The development comes months after the pandemic induced mass reverse migration following the nationwide lockdown beginning 25 March. (Photo: HT)

Govt to set up database of informal and migrant workers to aid 'employment'

2 min read . 16 Sep 2020

Containers of male Wolbachia-aedes aegypti mosquitos are brought to a public housing estate test site to be released, in Singapore August 27, 2020. Picture taken August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su (REUTERS)

Singapore’s poorest stay in lockdown while others move freely

2 min read . 09 Sep 2020

Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

The low skill trap in India’s informal sector

1 min read . 09 Sep 2020

H1B visa programme offers temporary US visa that allow companies to hire highly skilled foreign professionals working in areas with shortages of qualified American workers.

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Business recovery hampered for some by foreign-worker visa bans

5 min read . 07 Sep 2020

A health worker collects a blood sample for sero-survey at a government dispensary in New Delhi on Thursday. (HT)

India cases close to Brazil count

1 min read . 04 Sep 2020

Photo: Bloomberg

MSME hubs in S India struggle to restart biz

2 min read . 28 Aug 2020

India needs to create 90 mn non-farm jobs by ’30: report

2 min read . 27 Aug 2020

Govt survey to focus on migrant woes and assess remittance risk

2 min read . 24 Aug 2020

Photo: Hindustan Times

How community stewards can unlock value of data safely

3 min read . 21 Aug 2020

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