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International Labour Day 2026 highlights mental health at work

cultureMay 1, 20261671

International Labour Day 2026 centered on workplace mental health, with organizers highlighting mental health, workplace safety and workers' rights and linking the observance to May Day history and the 1886 Haymarket Affair. In Ahmedabad on May 1, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani launched the initiative 'Apni Baat, Apno Ke Saath' to connect more than 400,000 colleagues across his companies. Pakistan raised the national minimum wage to PKR 40,000, affecting millions of formal sector workers, while in Lebanon workers observed the holiday amid heavy Israeli shelling that disrupted public gatherings and endangered civilians. The emphasis on mental health matters because workplaces facing automation, wage disputes and armed conflict require formal policies for psychological safety and enforceable rights, not just pay adjustments.

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