Diluting Laws Will Mean More Casual Labour – and That's Not a Good Thing

Thampi, Anjana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-5538 and Anand, Ishan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-5865 (2020) Diluting Laws Will Mean More Casual Labour – and That's Not a Good Thing. The Wire. Foundation for Independent Journalism, India. Available at: https://thewire.in/labour/labour-laws-job-contract...

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Abstract

In a desperate bid to encourage investment, several states have made sweeping changes to labour laws over the past month. A number of states have extended the maximum daily work hours from nine to 12, removed the requirement to pay minimum wages, diluted safety norms, restricted the rights of workers to unionise and made it easy for employers to fire workers...

Item Type: Other Article
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Business, Management and Accounting > Human Resource Management
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Urban Studies
Divisions: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited: 03 Sep 2026 10:59
Last Modified: 03 Sep 2026 10:59
Official URL: https://thewire.in/labour/labour-laws-job-contract...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/12445

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