Corporate Law : The Code on Social Security, 2020 introduces significant reforms beyond consolidation of labour laws. This article debunks common ...
Corporate Law : This article explains why Indian courts generally refuse to enforce post-employment non-compete clauses under Section 27 of the In...
Corporate Law : This article separates misconceptions from legal realities under the Code on Wages, 2019. The key takeaway is that the reform aims...
Corporate Law : The Code on Wages, 2019 requires that excluded salary components should not exceed 50% of total remuneration. Employers may need t...
Corporate Law : A common myth suggests employees must work 12-hour shifts under the new Labour Codes. The reality is that the 48-hour weekly limit...
Corporate Law : The ruling clarifies that digital processes are encouraged but not mandatory, ensuring workers rights are protected even through p...
Company Law : The law removes sector-based exclusions and extends minimum wage protection to all employees. It confirms universal coverage acros...
Corporate Law : The FAQs explain the uniform wage definition and the 50% allowance cap across all Codes. Gratuity applies prospectively from 21 No...
Corporate Law : The Code retains trade union rights, collective bargaining, and strike provisions with notice requirements. It confirms continued ...
Corporate Law : Raising factory and licensing thresholds does not remove safety and welfare protections. All establishments with 10 or more worker...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that compensatory allowances form part of “ordinary wages” for overtime calculation. Executive circular...
Corporate Law : The Karnataka High Court has set aside a prosecution order against Natural Remedies Private Limited. The court found that the Comm...
Corporate Law : Punjab & Haryana High Court directs that temporary employees cannot be replaced by another set of temporary staff but can be repla...
Corporate Law : The Telangana High Court addressed jurisdiction and employment status in Godrej Agrovet Ltd. Vs Presiding Officer. Key aspects of ...
Corporate Law : The Bombay High Court sets aside the Industrial Court's interim relief, reinstating employer rights to transfer and discipline emp...
Corporate Law : The Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 (Bill No. 33 of 2026), introduced in the Lok Sabha, seeks to amend section 10...
Corporate Law : The government has notified a clear wage ceiling for supervisory roles. Earnings above this limit remove such employees from worke...
Corporate Law : The Government has issued draft Coal Mines Safety Regulations, 2026 under the OSHWC Code, detailing safety standards, certificatio...
Corporate Law : The draft Central Rules lay down detailed procedures to operationalised the Industrial Relations Code, replacing older dispute and...
Corporate Law : The notification introduces draft rules under the OSH Code to unify and modernise labour regulation. The key takeaway is a shift t...
Leave Management/Attendance Management is one of the most vital aspects in workforce management. Leave/Absenteeism may occur in organization due to a wide variety of reasons. Ultimately this is an aspect that directly hits the organizational productivity and indirectly affects the bottom line, therefore the ROI.
Manpower, often referred to as labor is one of the primary concerns of every business. There comes the need of an efficient HR process in place to handle this manpower or labor. When we take HR process, we have two definitions. One part of it is concerned with acquiring manpower which is termed as recruitment […]
The Government is in the process of consulting various stake holders and is yet to take a final decision on the proposal for amending the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and fixing a statutory National Floor Level Minimum Wage.
Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 statutorily applies to employees getting wages upto Rs. 6500/- in respect of scheduled establishments employing 20 or more workers. State-wise details are given at Annexure.The mechanism to regulate and monitor the implementation of Labour Laws is incorporated in respective Labour Laws. Occasional instances of such nature have been noticed in the Employees Provident Fund offices.
The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988 presently provides for exemption by way of allowing ‘very small’ establishment (employing up to 9 workers) to maintain only one register and submit one return and ‘small establishments’ (employing 10 to 19 workers) to maintain three registers and submit one return. The passage of the Amendment Bill will benefit establishments employing up to 40 workers in maintaining registers and submitting returns electronically under 16 Labour Laws.
In the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the principal Act’), in section 2, for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—‘(e) “employee” means any person (other than an apprentice) who is employed for wages, whether the terms of such employment are express or implied, in any kind of work, manual or otherwise, in or in connection with the work of a factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, railway company, shop or other establishment to which this Act applies, but does not include any such person who holds a post under the Central Government or a State Government and is governed by any other Act or by any rules providing for payment of gratuity;’.
While the Manmohan Singh government’s Left-free second innings is expected to usher in changes to India’s archaic labour laws, the labour ministry is working on a quick-fix solution to help drop the country’s notorious ‘inspector raj’ tag. If all goes to plan, India Inc would no longer have to deal with labour inspectors turning up at […]
New Delhi, Oct 25 The Government has approved easing of labour laws to exempt establishments employing up to 40 workers from maintaining mandatory registers and submitting returns.The Government proposes to introduce a simplified form, which will give relief to employers of such establishments, who are currently required to maintain registers and submit returns under various labour laws, the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, told presspersons after a Cabinet meeting here.
