CHILD LABOUR‚ a menace in India. The phrase – ’Today’s children are the citizens of tomorrow’ – has fallen between the cracks‚ given the prevailing child labour across the country. Children are made to work as slaves in factories‚ fields‚ and are also self-employed as‚ milkman‚ rag-pickers‚ shoe-polisher and rickshaw pullers. The Global Child Labor Index 2012‚ prepared by Maplecroft‚ ranks India 27th on the list of countries where children are at risk of being victim to child labour. “I
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it’s the structure and framework of the employment relationship‚ which is governed by legislation that leads to good Industrial Relations. Tripartism is a key competitive advantage for Singapore‚ underpinning its economic competitiveness‚ harmonious labour-management relations and overall progress of the nation. Some of the key tripartite concerns include issues such as job re-creation‚ raising the effective retirement age‚ skills training and upgrading of the workforce‚ promotion of fair employment
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emotional labour? Defined by the author Bryman (2004) emotional labour is the state of affairs between employees as part of their working roles and the need to express feelings and emotions as part of their work. The types of emotions can be delivered in a desirable way or undesirable way‚ in other words positive or negative. Why is emotional labour so important? As stated in the article written by Bryman (2004) the importance of promoting emotional labour is because‚ emotional labour is progressively
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LABOUR UNREST & ITS CAUSES & IMPACTS “KINGFISHER AIRLINES” Kingfisher Airlines Ltd ‚ controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya‚ cancelled all flights through Thursday because of labour unrest and was ordered by the aviation regulator to submit a revival plan before it can fly again. The heavily indebted airline‚ which has been months behind on salary payments‚ saw its operations come to a grinding halt on Monday after disgruntled engineers responsible for aircraft safety checks threatened
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THE CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT‚ 1986 (ACT NO. 61 OF 1986) [23rd December‚ 1986.] An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in certain other employments. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- PART I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act‚ 1986
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TERM PAPER BWB 4013 LABOUR LAWS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SEMESTER JUNE 2012 The following are the areas on which you may chose to write the term paper. They are however general in nature so that you may choose and define the scope in which you want to write your paper. You are free to approach the subject from whatever angle you deem suitable as long as it does not digress from the original topic. Alternatively‚ you may also suggest a new topic on which you would like to write about as
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Child labour is a major problem in India. It is a great challenge that the country is facing. The prevalence of it is evident by the child work participation rates which are higher in India than in other developing countries. Estimates cite figures of child labour between 60 and 115 million working children in India‚ the highest number in the world (Human Rights Watch‚ 1996). It is basically rooted in poverty. It is poverty that forces a child to earn money to support his family. Though
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children in such rituals because it is an age old custom and it will also secure the future of their children but the reality is not so. Though in some cases parents believe in such superstitions and dogmas in other cases greed is the most significant factor. Child marriages are prevalent in India. Estimates vary widely between sources as to the extent and scale of child marriages. The International Center for Research on Women-UNICEF publications have estimated India’s child marriage rate to be 47%
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Child Labour Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labor Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal‚ hazardous‚ or extremely exploitative. Underage children
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10 CONTRACT LABOUR IN INDIA INTRODUCTION 10.1 The system of employing contract labour is prevalent in most industries in different occupations including skilled and semi skilled jobs. It is also prevalent in agricultural and allied operations and to some extent in the services sector. A workman is deemed to be employed as Contract Labour when he is hired in connection with the work of an establishment by or through a contractor. Contract workmen are indirect employees; persons who are hired‚ supervised
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