Labor Law Updates (Central)

Migrant labourer Raja Kumar’s lockdown-induced miseries in successive years may have been less acute if the country’s governments had not sat on a 42-year-old legal provision that the Centre is now set to implement under a Supreme Court nod. Kumar, 25, who worked in Noida for a paltry Rs 225 a day, had to return

Download: Official Gazette (All) Enforcement Of Provisions Towards ESIC In Erode Districts Of Tamil Nadu ESIC vide notification S.O. 2068(E) has implemented the provisions of Chapter IV (Contribution), Chapter V (Benefits), Chapter VI (Adjudication Of Disputes and Claims) in the entire area of Erode District in the State of Tamil Nadu, in addition to the

BJP Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan Bhupender Yadav on Thursday took charge as Minister for Labour and Employment and asked the Ministry officials to come up with new ideas for schemes to benefit workers, a Ministry statement said. Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli also assumed office a day after being inducted

The government has no intention to delay fixing minimum wages and national floor wages, the labour ministry said on Saturday. The clarification comes amid reports that forming an expert group on the issue with three-year term is an attempt to delay fixing minimum wages and national floor wages. Earlier this month, the ministry announced that the Centre has constituted an expert group

Download: Official Gazette (All) Extension Of Working Hours For Factories In Himachal Pradesh Government of Himachal Pradesh vide notification no.Shram(A)4-3/2017 has exempted all factories registered under The Factories Act, 1948 in the state from the provisions of Section 51 (Weekly Hour), Section 54 (Daily Hour), Section 55 (Interval Of Rest), Section 56 (Spreadover) for a

Download: Official Gazette (All) List Of Implemented And Non-Implemented Areas Under ESIC The ESIC vide circular No. X-11/14/6/2015-P&D dated 1st April 2021 has published the updated list of implemented and non-implemented areas under ESIC 2.0/ Vison-2022 as on 1st April 2021. The state wise updated list of implementation of the respective states/districts are mentioned in

The government has constituted an expert group to provide technical inputs and recommendations on fixation of minimum wages in the country as well as the national floor minimum wage for a period of three years. “The expert group will give recommendations to the government on minimum wages and national floor wage. To arrive at the wage rates, the group

The ministry of labour and employment on Friday announced a hike in the variable dearness allowance (VDA) for workers in the railway administration, mines, oil fields, ports and other sectors in the central government. The move is expected to benefit about 1.5 crore workers. The hike, effective retrospectively from April 1, 2021, will range from Rs 105