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Code on Social Security, 2020: Transforming India’s Social Protection Framework

Corporate Law : India’s Social Security Code consolidates multiple labour welfare laws into a unified framework covering organised, unorganised,...

May 21, 2026 276 Views 0 comment Print

Code on Wages, 2019: A New Era of Wage Governance in India

Corporate Law : The Code on Wages and the 2026 Rules introduce a uniform wage definition and cap exclusions at 50% of total remuneration. Employer...

May 15, 2026 879 Views 0 comment Print

What Employers Must Know About New Wage Rules Effective 21st Nov 2025

Corporate Law : India’s new Labour Codes introduce a uniform wage definition and 50% cap on exclusions, affecting PF, gratuity, bonus, and salar...

May 1, 2026 2853 Views 1 comment Print

Gender Equality in Workplace: A Critical Analysis of India’s Labour Codes 2019-2020

Corporate Law : The paper examines whether recent labour law reforms deliver real gender equality or merely formal compliance. It concludes that d...

April 21, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

Maternity & Paternity Benefits in Labour Law: India on Its Way to a Gender-Neutral Framework

Corporate Law : Dhara Verma Abstract The labour welfare laws in India provide essential maternity and paternity benefits to workers which demonstr...

April 15, 2026 513 Views 0 comment Print


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FAQs on Code on Social Security, 2020

Corporate Law : The ruling clarifies that digital processes are encouraged but not mandatory, ensuring workers rights are protected even through p...

January 13, 2026 1359 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs – Code on Wages, 2019

Company Law : The law removes sector-based exclusions and extends minimum wage protection to all employees. It confirms universal coverage acros...

January 13, 2026 1857 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Labour Codes

Corporate Law : The FAQs explain the uniform wage definition and the 50% allowance cap across all Codes. Gratuity applies prospectively from 21 No...

January 13, 2026 7161 Views 0 comment Print

FAQ on Myths and Realities of Industrial Relation (IR) Code 2020

Corporate Law : The Code retains trade union rights, collective bargaining, and strike provisions with notice requirements. It confirms continued ...

January 13, 2026 1167 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2020

Corporate Law : Raising factory and licensing thresholds does not remove safety and welfare protections. All establishments with 10 or more worker...

January 13, 2026 1413 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Overtime Wages Must Include Allowances Under Factories Act: SC

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that compensatory allowances form part of “ordinary wages” for overtime calculation. Executive circular...

January 20, 2026 2265 Views 0 comment Print

Labour Authority Must Examine Material Before Sanctioning Prosecution: Karnataka HC

Corporate Law : The Karnataka High Court has set aside a prosecution order against Natural Remedies Private Limited. The court found that the Comm...

September 15, 2025 606 Views 0 comment Print

Employee Cannot Be Terminated during Maternity Leave: Punjab & Haryana HC

Corporate Law : Punjab & Haryana High Court directs that temporary employees cannot be replaced by another set of temporary staff but can be repla...

February 26, 2025 648 Views 0 comment Print

Industrial Dispute Must Be Raised Before Labour Court with Jurisdiction, Not at Head or Registered Office

Corporate Law : The Telangana High Court addressed jurisdiction and employment status in Godrej Agrovet Ltd. Vs Presiding Officer. Key aspects of ...

January 7, 2025 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Employers Can Discipline & Transfer Employees: Bombay HC

Corporate Law : The Bombay High Court sets aside the Industrial Court's interim relief, reinstating employer rights to transfer and discipline emp...

January 6, 2025 1590 Views 0 comment Print


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Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 Introduced in Lok Sabha

Corporate Law : The Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Bill No. 33 of 2026), introduced in the Lok Sabha, seeks to amend section 10...

February 10, 2026 954 Views 0 comment Print

₹18,000 Monthly Limit Set to Define Supervisory Employees as Workers

Corporate Law : The government has notified a clear wage ceiling for supervisory roles. Earnings above this limit remove such employees from worke...

January 30, 2026 876 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Coal Mines) Regulations, 2026

Corporate Law : The Government has issued draft Coal Mines Safety Regulations, 2026 under the OSHWC Code, detailing safety standards, certificatio...

January 28, 2026 870 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2025

Corporate Law : The draft Central Rules lay down detailed procedures to operationalised the Industrial Relations Code, replacing older dispute and...

December 30, 2025 1935 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2025

Corporate Law : The notification introduces draft rules under the OSH Code to unify and modernise labour regulation. The key takeaway is a shift t...

December 30, 2025 3183 Views 0 comment Print


Labour Court cannot Adjudicate Workman’s Claim U/s. 33C(2) of Industrial Dispute Act in an Undetermined Claim

May 17, 2022 15141 Views 0 comment Print

Management of KSRTC Vs Sri K. Shivaram (Karnataka High Court) Section 33C(2) of the I.D. Act refers to any amount due to workman. Section 33C(1) of the Industrial Dispute Act (I.D. Act) speaks of any amount due to workman under the settlement or award under the provision of Chapter 5-A or 5-B of the I.D. […]

Draft Industrial Relations (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022

April 11, 2022 2280 Views 0 comment Print

(i) These rules may be called the Industrial Relations (Tamil Nadu ) Rules, 2022. (ii) They extend to whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (iii) They shall come into force after the date of their publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

Draft Code on Wages (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022

April 11, 2022 6834 Views 1 comment Print

(1) These rules may be called the Code on Wages (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 2022. (2) They extend to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu. (3) They shall come into force after the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette, on the date of the commencement of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Central Act 29 of 2019).

EPF AND ESI

March 26, 2022 95343 Views 2 comments Print

Employees Provident Fund and Employees State Insurance are two social security scheme availably to the working class in India. These are the central government schemes, comes under the jurisdiction of The Ministry of Labour and Employment.  Both the schemes introduced with the objective to improve the working class condition. It’s the employer’s duty to register […]

Procedure for implementation of change of option by a Pensioner/Family Pensioner from FMA to CGHS (OPD) facility and vice-versa-reg

March 23, 2022 4422 Views 0 comment Print

Only those Pensioners/Family Pensioners who are residing in an area not covered by CGHS, and specifically opt for not availing of OPD facilities in the nearest CGHS dispensary, are entitled medical allowance. An option is required to be exercised by a retiree at the time of retirement for availing OPD medical facility or FMA. Only one change in option in the life-time of a Pensioner/Family Pensioner is allowed.

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 – A student approach

March 21, 2022 194013 Views 5 comments Print

The main object of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 is to maintain peace and harmony between labour and capital by allowing the employees to share the prosperity of the establishment, prescribing the minimum and maximum rates of Bonus together with the scheme of ‘Set on’ and ‘Set off’.

Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022

March 7, 2022 6786 Views 0 comment Print

Provided also that in case of an insured woman who is in receipt of maternity benefit and due to reason of which a shorter contribution period is available to her in the contribution period in which the maternity benefit falls, she shall be qualified to claim sickness benefit in the corresponding benefit period if the contribution in respect of her was payable for not less than half the number of days available for working in such contribution period

Labour Laws: A New Rise

March 3, 2022 4977 Views 1 comment Print

The law related to labour’s minimum wages, safety, health and working Conditions and the Social Security are very complex in India. Many provisions of Labour Laws trace their origin to the time of the British Raj. However, with changing times, many of them either became ineffective or did not have any contemporary relevance. Rather than […]

Delhi govt notifies revised Minimum Wages w.e.f. 01/10/2021

November 11, 2021 108162 Views 1 comment Print

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi after adjustment of the average All India Consumer Price Index Number of the period from January 2021 to June 2021 which is 345.21, an increase of 4.26 points, hereby declares the following Dearness Allowances, which shall be payable for all categories w.e.f 01.10.2021. 4. The following revised rates of minimum wages shall be applicable in respect of unskilled, semiskilled and skilled categories in all schedules employment:-

Civil Court cannot Entertain Suit Structured on Industrial Disputes Act : SC

October 12, 2021 3126 Views 0 comment Print

Civil court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a suit structured on the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Ac. The decree favouring the plaintiff is a legal nullity and the finding of the High Court to this extent is upheld.

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