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200 UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week

Supporters of this four-week policy have said that it is a useful to attract and retain employees and also improve productivity.

Some employees who still enjoy hybrid mode facilities have been fighting back the 'back-to-office' mandates. (Representative Image/Pexels)

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 04:43 AM IST

Civil society group Ludhiana MC over ‘wasteful’ expenditure

The group said that as many as 120 city buses were purchased at a cost of ₹65.60 crore in 2021, but only a fraction of them are in working condition

Civil society group Ludhiana MC over ‘wasteful’ expenditure

Updated on Apr 05, 2023 02:15 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana Inc seeks Centre’s intervention over hiked raw material rates

The industrialists said if the conditions prevail for some more time, 50 percent of the MSME sector will face closure, which will push around 5 crore staff/labourers towards unemployment.

Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings president Upkar Singh Ahuja addressing the media in Ludhiana on Saturday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)

Updated on Dec 19, 2020 10:58 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Life coach Abhishek Gupta shares hacks to combat procrastination

We tend to postpone unpleasant tasks and rather choose to indulge in an easy or enjoyable task.

Life coach Abhishek Gupta

Updated on Sep 04, 2020 05:09 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Covid-19 in India: Time for bold experimentation

Involve the private sector in testing; ramp up the contact tracing apparatus; invest in research; experiment widely

A health official collects a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 test, Chennai, June 16, 2020(AFP)

Updated on Jun 18, 2020 07:33 PM IST

ByShamika Ravi

Poor women take the strain as climate change pushes men to leave home

A report from Britain’s University of East Anglia (UEA) said the burden on women is increasing as they are left to take care of their children and land, while men who leave cannot provide consistent support.

The study’s findings chime with the views of many aid agencies and disaster experts, who say women and girls are suffering disproportionately from the effects of climate change.(Unsplash)

Published on Nov 26, 2019 03:18 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters, Dhaka

Psychologists appointed to help cops handle job stress

The move comes in the wake of a large number of police personnel being diagnosed with stress and other lifestyle-related diseases during a health check-up organised by the police in March this year.

Difficult working conditions, lack of regular rest days and less staff has made the police personnel prone to stress and tension, which impacts the effectiveness and quality of policing, officials say.(HT Archive)

Published on Sep 10, 2019 02:48 AM IST

Gurugram | ByLeena Dhankhar, Gurugram

Muthoot Finance threatens to shut down 300 branches in Kerala after stir

In the Muthoot headquarters in Kochi, employees supporting the strike and those against it almost came to blows on Tuesday and later company MD George Alexander Muthoot staged a sit-in on the road seeking an amicable settlement to the issue.

The CITU-backed Non-Banking & Private Finance Employees Association has been protesting outside Muthoot offices for the past several weeks seeking a wage hike and better working conditions. (Image used for representational purpose).(PTI PHOTO.)

Updated on Sep 05, 2019 02:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | ByHT Correspondent

US women footballers’ equal pay lawsuit to go to trial in 2020

The gender discrimination lawsuit regarding unequal pay and working conditions was filed on March 8 by 28 players.

Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates with the trophy alongside Allie Long and Alex Morgan after winning the Women's World Cup.(REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 20, 2019 11:44 AM IST

Los Angeles | ByPress Trust of India

Hindu Rao doctors strike work, surgeries postponed

The doctors were back to treating patients by 4pm after senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation officials visited them and assured them of a “safer work atmosphere”. But late in the night, they said the strike was on.

Patients stand in queue inside the Hindu Rao Hospital as doctors are on strike, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, July 01, 2019. Doctors abandoned work after a relative of a patient allegedly attacked a doctor at Malka Ganj.(Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 03, 2019 07:31 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Black-and-yellow taxis far behind in the race against app-based cabs in south Mumbai

Number drops to 44,566 in 2018-19 from 57,810 in 2016-17; tourist taxis rise to 74,911 in 2018-19, from 60,752 in 2017

Decades ago, the city had 63,000 black-and-yellow taxis.(HT FILE)

Published on Jul 01, 2019 12:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKailash Korde, Mumbai

Bengal doctors’ stir ends after medical mayhem across states

The doctors called off their strike after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured them of concrete steps for their security.

Hundreds of thousands of people were turned away from hospitals, clinics and laboratories on Monday as a week-long protest by doctors culminated in a nationwide strike of unprecedented scale before a truce was announced late in the evening.(Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on May 23, 2020 10:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

Funds released but docs won’t end stir till salary is credited

The civic agency said the money would temporarily help the corporation tide over its current financial crisis.

The north civic body said they had received money from the Delhi government and would pay salaries soon(HTPhoto)

Updated on May 21, 2019 07:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

India must seize the opportunity to create safe and healthy workplace

It has been well established that a safe and healthy workplace is a productive and dynamic one, leading to sustainable businesses.

During 2011-16, the number of cases of occupational diseases reported to the government in India was only 562. In contrast, a scientific article published in the National Medical Journal of India, 2016, indicates prevalence of occupational diseases such as silicosis and byssinosis.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Published on May 20, 2019 08:08 AM IST

ByDagmar Walter

9 minors rescued after raids on meat processing units

During an inspection by the Supreme Court-appointed Slaughterhouse Monitoring Committee, the units were found to be operating without mandatory licences and under unhygienic conditions.

During an inspection by the Supreme Court-appointed Slaughterhouse Monitoring Committee, the units were found to be operating without mandatory licences and under unhygienic conditions.(Hindustan Times)

Published on May 19, 2019 06:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to raise minimum wages

The online retailer raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour for US employees from November, giving in to critics of poor pay and working conditions at the company.

Amazon’s wage hike came at a time when US unemployment was at a near two-decade low as retailers and shippers were competing for hundreds of thousands of workers for the all-important holiday shopping season.(Bloomberg)

Updated on Apr 12, 2019 12:44 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters

The last show: The mujra dancers at Delhi’s GB Road struggle to keep alive the once thriving form of entertainment

Once they danced for royalty and were known for their lavish lifestyles. But dwindling patronage and a changing cultural market have pushed mujra performers to the margins

The tinkling sound created by the ghungroos is distinctive to the mujra style of dancing.(The Magical Lens)

Updated on Mar 09, 2019 01:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByDanish Raza

H-1B holders ‘frequently’ placed in poor working conditions: US think-tank

The report comes days after US President Donald Trump said he is soon coming out with reforms that will give H-1B visa holders certainty to stay in America and an easy pathway to citizenship.

H-1B workers are “frequently” placed in poor working conditions and “vulnerable to abuse”, a US think-tank claimed Thursday, seeking reforms such as substantial increase in wages.(AFP)

Updated on Jan 17, 2019 09:05 AM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India

UP: Sorry state of women sanitation workers

Women sanitation workers have been major contributors in improving sanitation conditions in urban and rural India, be it Swachh Bharat Mission, or contributing towards making urban and rural societies open defecation free.

Despite the good work done by women sanitation workers, they have poor working conditions.(AFP)

Published on Sep 14, 2018 01:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Sanitation workers in Gurugram protest for better working conditions

After the 15-day strike by sanitation workers across Haryana, the government had agreed to terminate the use of private contractors, raise minimum monthly wages from ₹11,500 to ₹13,500, hike monthly sanitation allowance from ₹325 to ₹1,000 and introduce a pension scheme.

Around 100 sanitation workers gathered outside the MCG office near the Civil Hospital on Thursday to protest the poor working conditions.(Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Published on Sep 14, 2018 05:06 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

Gurugram: Sanitation workers protest for better working conditions

Sanitation workers alleged that they are working without any basic safety gear and in deteriorating conditions. The MCG commissioner assured them that by May 22, all their grievances will be addressed.

MCG commissioner Yashpal Yadav had to call an impromptu meeting in the wake of the protest on Monday morning.(HT Photo)

Published on Apr 23, 2018 09:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByKartik Kumar, Gurugram

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