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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 273 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 876 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 7158 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


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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 overturn decision of Management on mere ipse dixit: SC

October 10, 2021 1596 Views 0 comment Print

The decision of the Labour Court should not be based on mere hypothesis. It cannot overturn the decision of the management on ipse dixit. Its jurisdiction under Section 11­A of the Act 1947 although is a wide one but it must be judiciously Judicial discretion, it is trite, cannot be exercised either whimsically or capriciously. It may scrutinize or analyse the evidence but what is important is how it does so.

Labour Laws and its Applicability

October 6, 2021 47259 Views 0 comment Print

Labour law also known as employment law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. The Constitution of India is the main foundation in framing the basis of rights of individuals under labour and employment. The labour and employment laws […]

Draft Maharashtra Code on Wages Rules, 2021

September 3, 2021 7767 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Government notifies Draft Maharashtra Code on Wages Rules, 2021 -Inviting suggestions within 45 days on rules. Rules proposes supersession  of Maharashtra Minimum Wages Rules, 1963 and the Maharashtra Payment of Wages Rules, 1963. By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra, S. M. SATHE, Joint Secretary to Government. INDUSTRIES, ENERGY AND […]

Draft Maharashtra Code on Social Security Rules, 2021

August 27, 2021 5199 Views 0 comment Print

The following draft of rules which the Government of Maharashtra, proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 154 and section 156 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020) read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) and of all other powers enabling

Applicability of Various Labour Laws

August 17, 2021 9879 Views 2 comments Print

The labour laws derive their origin, authority and strength from the provisions of the Constitution of India. The relevance of the dignity of human labour and the need for protecting and safeguarding the interest of labour as human beings has been enshrined in Chapter-III and Chapter IV  of the Constitution of India keeping in line […]

Shops and Establishments Registration in Delhi is Mandatory

August 10, 2021 10161 Views 0 comment Print

OFFICE OF THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER LABOUR DEPARTMENT, GNCT OF DELHI 5 – SHAM NATH MARG DELHI- 110054 Public Notice All Shops and Establishments are required to be registered under Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954. The registration is Online, free of Cost and without submission of any document.     For Ease of Doing Business, […]

Payment of Wages and Minimum Wages (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010

August 9, 2021 7794 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Wages and Minimum Wages (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010 is An Act further to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, in their application to the State of Maharashtra and Provided that, all wages payable to the employed persons, who are in continuous service as stipulated in section […]

Payment of Bonus (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010

August 9, 2021 9027 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Bonus (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010 provides that All amounts payable to an employee by way of bonus under Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 shall be paid either by an account payee cheque drawn in favour of the employee or by crediting the same in the bank account of an employee. Full text of […]

Labour Laws: Old V/s New

July 24, 2021 24288 Views 0 comment Print

INTRODUCTION In this catastrophe of pandemic COVID-19, we’ve got seen the fast of labour in the workplace is currently speedily transiting into work from home. The staff has to be compelled to leave the workplace house and currently functioning from their own homes or distant areas. The question within the mind of many of the […]

Some Facts You Should Know Related To New Labour Laws

July 18, 2021 4164 Views 0 comment Print

Earlier before introduction of New Labour Codes in 2019 there are numerous labour laws applicable in the country. These labour laws are cumbersome and dealing with labour problems and social security. In many labour laws the compliance requirements are the same and hence there are repetition of working, while complying with those labour laws. 

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