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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


The Code on Social Security, 2019

May 9, 2020 2193 Views 0 comment Print

Currently there are over 40 Labour Law Legislations that are in force in our country. The Government of India has embarked on a herculean task to amalgamate all of these labour law legislations into four Labour Codes. These Codes aims to simplify the labour law compliances which will in turn help these businesses to target their resources toward the development of the industry instead of complicated labour law compliances.

Labour Laws Compliance and Audit in India

May 9, 2020 18444 Views 0 comment Print

Over a period of time, the government has taken various legislative, administrative and e-governance initiatives in the field of labour laws to generate employment and to facilitate ease of doing business. Labour Law is the body of law which focuses on ensuring the protection of the rights of workers in India.

Govt permits 75% non-refundable advance from PF account

March 27, 2020 4041 Views 2 comments Print

Government, permit a non-refundable advance from the provident fund account of such member not exceeding the basic wages and dearness allowances of that member for three months or up to seventy-five per cent. of the amount standing to his credit in the Fund, whichever is less.

Advisory on Leave & Salary of workers during outbreak of COVID­19

March 20, 2020 4482 Views 2 comments Print

The World is facing a catastrophic situation due to outbreak of COVID­19 and in order to combat this challenge, coordinated joint efforts of all Sections of the Society is required. In view of the above, there may be incidence that employee’s/worker’s services are dispensed with on this pretext or the employee/worker arc forced to go on leave without wage/ salaries.

Last date of filing of Unified Annual Return under 8 Labour Laws

March 20, 2020 22779 Views 0 comment Print

The Filing of Unified online Annual Returns for the year 2019 under 8 Acts and 10 Central Rules were to be filed from 1st January to 1st February 2020. For the year 2019 a total of 30,420 Annual Returns so far have been received on Shram Suvidha Portal  In, view of the spread of Novel […]

Contractual employees entitled to Employee Provident Fund benefit: SC

January 19, 2020 110418 Views 2 comments Print

Pawan Hans Limited & Ors. Vs Aviation Karmachari Sanghatana (Supreme Court) Members of the Respondent ­Union have been in continuous employment with the Company for long periods of time. They have been receiving wages/salary directly from the Company without the involvement of any contractor since the date of their engagement. The work being of a […]

Minimum Wages enhanced to ₹ 15000 | Section 4(1B) | Employees’ Compensation Act

January 3, 2020 21216 Views 0 comment Print

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2020 S.O. 71(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 4 of the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923) and in supersession of the notification of the Ministry of Labour and Employment issued vide number S.O. 1258(E), dated 31st May, […]

Dissecting Code on Wages 2019

December 26, 2019 3021 Views 2 comments Print

Following the proposals of Second National Commission on Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Employment presented the Code on Wages, 2017 in the Lok Sabha on August 10, 2017. Nonetheless, the said code couldn’t turn into a reality due to the dissolution of Lok Sabha. On July 23, 2019, the Code on Wages was re-represented […]

Draft Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2019

December 24, 2019 1551 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry Of Labour Of Employment notifies Draft Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2019 vide Notification No. G.S.R. 949(E) dated 24th December, 2019. MINISTRY OF LABOUR OF EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th December, 2019 G.S.R. 949(E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules,1950 which the Central Government, […]

Whether retired employees can form a Trade Union?

December 10, 2019 11556 Views 2 comments Print

Let us discuss the provisions of the Trade Unions Act 1926.  It is pertinent to note here that section 4 of the Act says any seven or more members of a trade union can apply for registration of a Trade Union by subscribing their names in the Trade Union Rules and by otherwise complying with the provisions of this Act with respect to registration, apply for registration of the Trade Union under the Act.

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