Download or read book Labor Regulation and Employment in India s Retail Stores written by Mohammad Amin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of the stores report labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average store.

Download or read book Labor Regulation and Employment in India s Retail Stores written by Mohammad Amin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India shows that 27% of the stores find labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data, we analyze the effect of labor regulations on employment at the store level. We find that flexible labor regulations have a strong positive effect on job creation. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22% of the current level for an average store. We also address the issue of informality in India's retail sector. Our findings suggest that more flexible labor laws can encourage firms to operate in the more efficient formal retail sector. According to our estimates, labor reforms could reduce the level of informality by as much as 33%.

Download or read book Labor Regulation Employment and Informality written by Mohammad Amin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27% of the stores find labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulations on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulations have a strong negative effect on employment. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22% of the current level for an average store. We also address the issue of informality in the country's retail sector. Our findings suggest that more stringent labor laws encourage firms to operate in the relatively less efficient informal retail sector where labor laws are hardly implemented. According to our estimates, labor reforms could reduce the level of informality by as much as 33% of the current level.

Download or read book Technology and Labor Regulation written by Mohammad Amin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A commonly held but untested belief is that the adoption of modern technology such as computers could be endogenous to labor regulations. We test for this belief using micro data at the store level for the retail sector in India. Our results show a strong positive relationship between the severity of labor laws and computer usage confirming the stated belief while for other business regulations, this relationship is negative. We discuss the broader implications of our findings for employment generation, income inequality between the skilled and unskilled and for estimating the productivity enhancing effects of computer usage.

Download or read book Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India s Retail Sotres written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India s Retail Stores written by Mohammad Amin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recent survey of 1,948 retail stores in India conducted by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 19 percent of the stores use computers for their business. In some states like Kerala, computer use is as high as 40 percent. Using this data the author finds labor regulation as an important determinant of computer use. His estimates suggest that when faced with burdensome labor regulations, the probability of using a computer rises by over 36 percentage points for an average store. These findings formally confirm a commonly held but untested view that labor regulation may be responsible for the spread of labor saving modern technology.

Download or read book Computer Usage and Labour Regulation in India s Retail Sector written by Mohammad Amin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Labour and Employment Compliance in India written by Manishi Pathak and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed attention to compliance with labour and employment laws is crucial for success in setting up business in a foreign country. This book – one of a series derived from Kluwer’s matchless publication International Labour and Employment Compliance Handbook – focuses on the relevant laws and regulations in India. It is thoroughly practical in orientation. Employers and their counsel can be assured that it fulfills the need for accurate and detailed knowledge of laws in India on all aspects of employment, from recruiting to termination, working conditions, compensation and benefits to collective bargaining. The volume proceeds in a logical sequence through such topics as the following: · written and oral contracts · interviewing and screening · evaluations and warnings · severance pay · reductions in force · temporary workers · trade union rights · wage and hour laws · employee benefits · workers’ compensation · safety and environmental regulations · immigration law compliance · restrictive covenants · anti-discrimination laws · employee privacy rights · dispute resolution · recordkeeping requirements A wealth of practical features such as checklists of do’s and don’ts, step-by-step compliance measures, applicable fines and penalties, and much more contribute to the book’s day-to-day usefulness. Easy to understand for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, this book is sure to be welcomed by business executives and human resources professionals, as well as by corporate counsel and business lawyers.

Download or read book Retail Drug Stores Under the Fair Labor Standards Act written by United States. Wage and Hour Division and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Enhancing Capabilities through Labour Law written by Supriya Routh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal economic activities, and where expansion of informal economic activities is coupled with deteriorating working conditions and living standards. This book explores the informal economic activity of India as a case study to examine typical requirements in the work-lives of informal workers, and to develop a means to institutionalise the promotion of these requirements through labour law. Drawing upon Amartya Sen’s theoretical outlook, the book considers whether a capability approach to human development may be able to promote recognition and work-life conditions of a specific category of informal workers in India by integrating specific informal workers within a social dialogue framework along with a range of other social partners including state and non-state institutions. While examining the viability of a human development based labour law in an Indian context, the book also indicates how the proposals put forth in the book may be relevant for informal workers in other developing countries. This research monograph will be of great interest to scholars of labour law, informal work and workers, law and development, social justice, and labour studies.

Download or read book Labour Law Reforms in India written by Anamitra Roychowdhury and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights, and renders them vulnerable. The book: identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argument employs innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argument offers an overview of the organised labour market in India comprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the country contextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic setting discusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India. This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, and public policy as well as economists, policymakers, and teachers of human resource management.

Download or read book Globalization Labour Market Institutions Processes and Policies in India written by K.R. Shyam Sundar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the effects of product market and labour market reforms on firms, labour institutions and labour rights in the economic and industrial relations system in India. India has over the years liberalized its economy through a broad range of reforms concerning the product market and complementing these it has also sought to reform the labour market and the industrial relations system. The book assesses the impact of these reforms on both the formal and informal labour markets in India, critically examines the labour processes and uncovers/describes precarious conditions of labour in various industries and occupations, and analyzes the dynamics involved in the making of industrial, employment and labour policies in contemporary India.

Download or read book Macroeconomic Impact of Product and Labor Market Reforms on Informality and Unemployment in India written by Rahul Anand and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the implications of lowering formal regulations in labor and product markets on informality and macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product markets. Along with increasing GDP and employment, deregulation also leads to lower informality and greater product market competition. Slow reallocation of resources between the formal and informal sectors leads to some adverse impacts in the short run that can be minimized by implementing a combined package of reforms. These impacts are shown to be greater in an economy with a larger informal sector.

Download or read book Indian Employment Laws written by DR. M. K. RAVI and published by DR. M. K. RAVI. This book was released on with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses employment or labour laws for Human Resource Managers. The aim is to explore the labour laws related to employee, employers, labour, union, welfare, and law for women employees at workplace for an organisation. The book consists of a compilation of seven chapters and an extended list of reference cases on employment laws. The book is based on a combination of employment law and litigation cases in India. The first chapter of the book discusses the introduction to employment laws where constitution law and employment. The second chapter discusses the Laws on labour welfare and their working conditions, The Factories Act, 1948, Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, The Building and Other Constructions Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The third chapter discusses the Law of Industrial Relations in India, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, The Plantation Labour Act, 1951, The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, Indian Trade Union Act, 1926. The fourth chapter discusses the Law of Wages in India, Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, Workman’s Compensation Act, 1923. The fifth chapter discusses the Social Security Legislation in India, Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948, Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, The Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, and Apprentices Act, 1961. The sixth chapter discusses the New Labor Reform Code - 2020, Labour Reforms undertaken since 2014, Labour Codes and Freedom from the Web of Legislation, Right to Minimum Wages for everyone, Labour Code (Wage Code) - 2014 to 2019: Workers will get benefited, Social Security Code, 2020, Right of security to workers in all situations, OSH Code (Occupational, Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code) – 2020, Women empowerment through the Labour Codes, Industrial Relations (IR) Code, 2020, and Benefits of Codification. And the seventh chapter discusses the Legal Cases on Employment Laws with a list of 373 Legal Cases for Reference. I wrote this book especially for Human Resource Managers which will certainly help them to understand the various legal aspects of employee, employer, and employment law to reduce the litigation from employees and enhance the productivity and efficiency of performance of employees in the organisations. This book and the cases discussed can be very useful for advocates and lawyers handling labour/service matters.

Download or read book Issues in Law and Public Policy on Contract Labour in India written by Pankaj Kumar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the increasing use of contract labour in India that has accompanied attempts to liberalise the economy. After briefly examining Indian labour laws and public policy, it juxtaposes the country’s labour market practices with international labour standards. The questions that are raised are then explored through a series of empirical studies investigating the use of contract labour in a variety of industries and locations, manifesting a wide-spectrum of concerns including labour standards, productivity and employment relations. The set of comparative research studies within India are supplemented with a field study from the Shenzhen and Guangzhou industrial regions of South China, which are in an advanced stage of industrial development. The unprecedented inflow of capital into China has captivated many developing countries, including India, which has gone on to mimic similar strategies particularly in terms of labour market deregulation. In this context, a set of crucial questions arise – can enforcing ‘labour market flexibility’ in itself provide the required impetus for a nation’s industrial growth? Is the Chinese success in becoming the major destination for foreign direct investments (FDIs) a consequence of a flexible labour regime or is there some other concealed strength to be found in Chinese labour market institutions? In particular it needs to be noted that after double-digit growth for more than 25 consecutive years, China has recognised some of the fallacy of its development path and in 2008 adopted fairly stringent labour laws, which now regulate its labour market. This Chinese trajectory perhaps has lessons for India and other countries that are still struggling on the liberal path. In particular, the Chinese example helps put the Indian field studies in perspective and provides insights into India-specific policy recommendations that could also be useful for the developing world. The book concludes with the observation that where production entails long-term relationships, the interests of both the employer and the workers need to be maintained sustainably. As the title suggests, the book provides takeaways, not only for academics and researchers working in this field but also for lawyers, consultants, politicians, bureaucrats, and policymakers.

Download or read book Labor Regulations Employment and Wages written by Rana Hasan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While India is among the world's largest producers and exporters of apparel products, the sector has not performed to its potential. This study analyzes why this might be so from the perspective of the structure of production in the sector, the most striking aspect of which is a firm size distribution heavily dominated by small firms. Using nationally representative firm-level and labor force survey data, we argue that the dominance of firms operating at scales too small to apply modern production and management technologies is one proximate reason for India's relative underperformance. Further, we note that India's labor regulations and the associated enforcement regime are important policy drivers of Indian firms' tendency to avoid placing "too many workers under one roof"

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics written by Machiko Nissanke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions. Despite the potential of globalisation in accelerating growth and development in low and middle-income countries through the spread of technology, knowledge and information, its current practice in many parts of the world has led to processes that are socially, economically and politically and ecologically unsustainable. It is critical for development economists to engage with the pivotal question of how to change the nature and course of globalisation to make it work for inclusive and sustainable development. Applying a critical and pluralistic approach, the chapters in this Handbook examine economics of development paths under globalisation, focusing on sustainable development in social, environmental, institutional and political economy dimensions. It aims at advancing the frontier of development economics in these key aspects and generating more refined policy perspectives. It is critically reflective in examining effects of globalisation on development paths to date, and in terms of methodological and analytical approaches, as well as forward-thinking in policy perspectives with a view to laying a foundation for sustainable development.