Proposed legislation would ensure flight attendants are paid for pre- and post-flight duties

Proposed legislation would ensure flight attendants are paid for pre- and post-flight duties

Conservative MP Lianne Rood has put forward a private member’s bill that would ensure flight attendants are paid for their pre- and post-flight duties. Flight attendants have been advocating for changes to the labour code because they don’t start getting paid until their plane is in motion — and their compensation ends when the plane … Read more

Hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea in UAPA case adjourned to Jan 24 by Supreme Court

Hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea in UAPA case adjourned to Jan 24 by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 24 the hearing on the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal deferred … Read more