Can’t be compelled to serve, says court in case of Air India employee To resign is a right of an employee and he cannot be forced to continue, the Supreme Court has said in a recent order. An employee cannot be compelled to serve in case he is not willing “until and unless there is […]
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt The Delhi High Court on Monday told the Union and Delhi governments take a decision on a petition seeking grant of paid leave to women employees during menstruation by treating it as a representation. A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said the
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Workers in private sector will not be entitled to wages if they fail to turn up, says judge The declaration of a holiday by the government under the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881 will not be applicable to private companies falling under the Factories Act of 1948 and therefore, workers will not be entitled to
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NEW DELHI : Functioning of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) run hospitals has come under the scrutiny of parliamentary panel, as the authorities have asked the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and some state governments to take over the control of some of these health facilities. Also, covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the woes of the ESIC-run
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The government has issued the Draft Rules on Social Security Code (SSC) on November 13, 2020. While the government’s uncharacteristic proactiveness in rewriting the labour laws is heartening, the output leaves a lot to be desired. The rules suffer from lack of clarity, poor drafting, gender bias and even violates its mother-instrument, i.e. SSC at least
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This year, COVID-19 shook the core paradigms of work and pushed organizations around the world to navigate an unprecedented time full of uncertainty and change. To minimize disruption and business impact, organizations looked towards HR to play a leading role with strategies to effectively manage the workforce with remote working becoming the norm. To understand
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The call for protest is against the Centre’s new labour and farm policies A joint committee of 10 central trade unions have given a call for a nationwide general strike on November 26, in protest against the Central government’s policies including new labour and farm laws as well as privatisation of public sector units. In
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Recently the Centre did away with the onerous Other Service Provider (OSP) regulations and issued new guidelines for the IT/ITeS industry. It was celebrated as a landmark move that would change the way IT business process outsourcing firms delivered their services giving work from home a boost. The new regulation, executives said, would truly make adopting
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SRINAGAR: Observing that payment of pension is not a bounty to the employee, the J&K High Court has directed authorities to release pension and retiral benefits in favour of a former Chief General Manager of J&K State Power Development Corporation who had superannuated in 2014. Disposing of a petition filed by the former CGM, Abdul Rashid
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