New research links leadership values to reduced workplace incidents
Age and gender matter less than leaders’ values when it comes to influence on safety performance, reveals new research.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 January 2026
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Employers needed ‘on the pitch’ to tackle culture of fear over sickness
Employers must get better at supporting people to stay in work when they are ill and tackle situations “much earlier” the leader of an independent review has said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 December 2025
Campaigners welcome work-related road safety charter in strategy to reduce road deaths
A "bold new strategy" to reduce deaths and serious injuries on roads by 65 per cent by 2035 has been launched by the government, with a new National Work-Related Road Safety Charter for businesses one of its key components.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 January 2026
Tamil Nadu’s shop and showroom workers get legal ‘right to sit’
After Kerala, Tamil Nadu has become the second state in India to mandate seemingly the most basic of rights – the right to sit – for salespersons in shops and commercial establishments during work hours. The move is expected to benefit thousands of employees of large and small shops, particularly those working in textile and jewellery showrooms.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2021
India’s gig workers launch legal bid for social security benefits
An Indian trade union has launched a legal bid to win social security benefits for people working for food delivery and taxi apps such as Zomato, Swiggy, Ola and Uber.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2021
e-Shram registration portal launched to boost welfare of informal workers
The much-touted national e-Shram database for informal workers, which the Narendra Modi government promised to set up following last year’s migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown, is now operational.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 07 September 2021
Developing world needs $1 trillion climate change finance, warns PM Modi
At the 26th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, prime minister Narendra Modi urged rich nations to make $1 trillion climate finance “available at the earliest”, reminding them of climate justice and past “hollow” promises on climate technology and finance. The PM said he was speaking on behalf of all developing countries, not just India.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 December 2021
India’s domestic workers hit hard during pandemic, warns ILO
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Indian economy, the domestic work sector was devastated. The house helps, an invisible but crucial workforce, who provide essential services in our homes were suddenly unable to go to work, finding themselves unemployed, without paid leave and with no idea when – or if – their jobs would return.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 04 August 2021
Indian government launches inquiry into ONGC barge tragedy that claimed 86 lives
Eighty-six offshore workers lost their lives after four vessels that state-run oil and gas major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) put into service, went adrift in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae on May 17.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 01 July 2021
New labour codes for India delayed due to second wave of Covid-19
Indian labour reforms that were to be rolled out in April across the country have been postponed – and according to officials the implementation could get pushed to next year. The Centre’s big-ticket labour reforms are unlikely to be implemented anytime soon because of the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 June 2021
Global cooperation crucial in fighting climate change, warns Modi
The world must cooperate to tackle the huge challenges of climate change, terrorism and the pandemic, warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi after India officially assumed the year-long presidency of the influential G20 group of the world’s largest economies.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 06 December 2022
Deloitte study shows 80 per cent of employees report poor mental health
Indian businesses have been urged to step up their efforts to tackle work-related stress and better support employees’ mental wellbeing after a survey revealed that 80 per cent of the country’s workforce reported experiencing symptoms of poor mental health in the past year.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 October 2022
Hundreds of workers still being injured in Indian automotive plants, warns report
Hundreds of workers continue to be injured in the supply chain factories of India’s automotive industry, according to a new report published by the Safe in India (SII) Foundation, a non-profit organisation that campaigns for improved safety standards in the sector.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 12 September 2022
