JustJobs Network and the Skill Development & Technical Education Department (SD&TE), Government of Odisha, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Sampad Chandra Swain, Hon'ble Minister, SD&TE, Government of Odisha; Shri Bhupendra Singh Poonia, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, SD&TE, Government of Odisha; and Smt Sabina Dewan, Founder and Executive Director, JustJobs Network.

In a landmark shift, the Supreme Court's 2025 ruling in Dharam Singh & Anr. v. State of UP & Anr. declared that "perennial work deserves perennial posts". Breaking from decades of judicial precedent, the court held that long-serving daily wage workers in government service performing essential, continuous functions must be regularised, with full employment benefits. The judgment directly challenges past rulings that treated temporary government employment as inherently non-regularisable, instead emphasizing the nature and continuity of the work as central to constitutional fairness.

HSBC's Quality of Life report reveals a shift among Gen Z from traditional wealth accumulation to seeking balance, fulfilment, and purpose, with "multi retirements" emerging as a trend. But Sabina Dewan highlights this perspective reflects the privileged few. In India and other developing countries, most young people continue to struggle with low earnings and lack of social security and even well-paying jobs can feel isolating and purposeless.

JustJobs Network and the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) have signed a Letter of Intent under the Vijnyana Keralam initiative. This was among the commitments made at the Skill Kerala Global Summit 2025.

Despite high education levels, Kerala faces alarmingly high rates of youth who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET). This disconnect between education and labour force participation signals a deep socioeconomic challenge. Based on qualitative interviews with a range of stakeholders in the state, JustJobs Network's Isha Gupta unpacks this paradox, pointing to a mismatch between youth aspirations and available opportunities.

JJN's Sabina Dewan writes on how technological advancement, trade shocks, climate change, and the energy transition are transforming how we live and work, faster than the ability of our education and skill systems to keep pace. She says urgent, comprehensive reforms — from effective implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) to stronger industry partnerships — are necessary to improve our education and skills systems.

This factsheet examines key indicators from India’s Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (July 2023-June 2024), providing insights into the quality and health of India’s labour market.

India is advancing social security for online gig workers, but this marks only a reactive step in addressing the evolving nature of informal work. JJN’s Renjini Rajagopalan writes for The Hindu highlighting the need for a more inclusive, universal social protection system to ensure no worker is left behind, especially as new worker categories emerge.

Coordinated by JJN, the FutureWORKS Collective held its inception workshop in Negombo, Sri Lanka in March 2024. During this workshop, the members of the collective got together to discuss the research priorities and approach of the collective. This photo essay presents a glimpse into the workshop.

India's Union Budget 2025 attempts to drive economic growth and investment by giving tax breaks to individuals, corporates and start-ups. Sabina Dewan shares her remarks on these measures and makes a case for the need to focus on sustainable and implementable policy framework focussed on creating good quality jobs.