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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


Guidance on Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 R/w Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975

September 21, 2020 102225 Views 1 comment Print

Guidance on Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 R/w Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975 An Act to provide for the payment of bonus to persons employed in certain establishments on the basis of profits or on the basis of production or productivity and for matters connected therewith. 1. Application of the Act: It shall apply to; […]

Industrial Relations Code, 2020

September 19, 2020 24384 Views 0 comment Print

Industrial Relations Code, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 19th September 2020 vide Bill No. 120 of 2020. Industrial Relations Code, 2020 is expected to to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Trade Unions, conditions of employment in industrial establishment or undertaking, investigation and settlement of industrial disputes and for matters connected therewith […]

Code on Social Security, 2020

September 19, 2020 38160 Views 0 comment Print

Code on Social Security, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 19th September 2020 vide Bill No. 121 of 2020 to withdraw the pending Code on Social Security, 2019 and to propose a fresh Bill, namely, the Code on Social Security, 2020. Code on Social Security, 2020 is expected to to amend and consolidate the […]

The Code on Wages, 2019 – Overview

July 17, 2020 7842 Views 1 comment Print

Current Status: The bill received the accent of the President on and was published as “Code of Wages,2019” in the Official Gazette on 8th August 2019. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions […]

Draft Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020

July 7, 2020 20397 Views 5 comments Print

(1) These rules may be called the Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020. (2)They extend to the whole of India. (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 (29 of 2019).

HC differentiate between ‘Resignation’ & ‘Voluntary Retirement’

June 26, 2020 19893 Views 2 comments Print

Asha Ram Suryavanshi Vs Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank (Chhattisgarh High Court) There is a clear distinction between the term ‘Resignation’ and ‘Voluntary Retirement’. The reasons in the application for voluntary retirement cannot be construed by the management of it being an application for resignation from service. The management/employer cannot give its own interpretation to an application […]

Suspension of Labour Laws amid COVID-19

May 23, 2020 3060 Views 0 comment Print

With the aim to boost economy amid the lockdown due to emergence of COVID-19, several state governments have decided to suspend most of the labour laws in their respective state via ordinance. This has been done with an aim to give curb the effects of lockdown on Indian economy and provide employers with more flexibility […]

Labour Reforms: Drug of choice for economic resuscitation during Covid-19

May 18, 2020 1467 Views 0 comment Print

The huge economic costs of Covid-19 virus are clearly visible. Everything that India does to kill the virus is killing the economy. The Centre and States have done well to protect lives so far. However, it is time to move forward and protect the livelihood as well. Restarting the stalled economy is an unprecedented public policy challenge.

Wage Code 2019, A Labour Law Reform

May 15, 2020 10704 Views 1 comment Print

Introduction The Code of Wages 2019 is an Act that was introduced by the parliament of India in the year 2019 and it came into existence from 08.08.2019.This newly introduced act consolidates/combines four imperative labour laws i.e, The Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Equal Remuneration Act and The Payment of Bonus Act. This […]

Reform Labour law of India needs & Can Modi do this

May 12, 2020 1668 Views 0 comment Print

What is wrong with the labor law of India? What modifications does it require, Do you believe that Modi can do this? Indian Labor Law is one of the most controversial laws present today. The capitalist term it as the one which is discouraging industries to set up factories in India and favouring other countries […]

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