The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is undergoing reforms. In the latest instance, the state-backed retirement fund manager has instructed its offices not to reject claims of subscribers just because of an overlap in their employment spans between employers. Dates of when a job is given up and the next taken could get mixed up…
A 24-year-old walked into his office space. It was 4pm. He was expected to work from the employer’s headquarters in Mumbai, four days a week. He latched onto snippets of gossip from the few colleagues he spotted, did the bare minimum required of him, and left at 7pm. In between coffee breaks, he met the…
The government’s decision to set up the 8th Pay Commission for salary revision is hard to reconcile with its oft-vocalized stance in favour of fiscal prudence. Agreed, the period of the 7th Pay Commission, which came into effect in 2016, will end in 2026. So there was a case for setting up a new one. …
Many of these are delivered through digital platforms. Digital platforms are increasingly becoming the foundational architecture for economic activity, enabling everything from financial transactions, provision of training and logistics, to the delivery of food and personal care at home. But behind the scenes, this rise of digital platforms is both fuelling and being fuelled by…
