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Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Y...
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The Supreme Court (SC) of India has refused to entertain the Menstrual Leave policy PIL for girl students and working women seeking directive to all the state governments to frame rules for menstrual pain leaves for female students and working-class women at their respective workplaces. The PIL was filed under section 14 of the Maternity […]
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed a bill for women to work the night shift at factories. This will provide equal opportunities for females. “There were limitations on work hours for women, and there was pressure on the government, including from the software industry, to relax this,” Law & Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy […]
The Kerala High Court has held that the contractual staff can’t be sacked for poor performance without prior notice. Case Background The appellants were appointed as the Attender and Part-Time Sweeper at the dispensary in Mananthavady. However, The appointments to the post were done after due selection. The court has set aside an order from […]
An American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, Pfizer India has announced 12 weeks of paternity leave for employees. In addition to paternity leave in case of any complexity, the employee will be allowed to take additional leaves under Pfizer’s leave policies including casual leave, elective holiday, and wellness days. Commenting on the new paternity policy, Shilpi Singh, […]
The government has taken its stand on moonlighting in the Parliament and said that employees shall not take any work against the employer’s interest in addition to their job as per the legal framework. “As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946, a workman shall not at any time (type of) work against the […]
The Haryana government has approved amendments in Haryana Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2016 allowing employees to take two-year (730 days) child care leave as per Hindustan Times report. Child care leave has been granted to single male government employees. A female government employee can also avail child care leave for a maximum period of two […]
According to TOI, The Assam government has proposed 10 labour law amendment bills. The amendment in the bills is related to private sector employees. The purpose of the amendment presented by the Assam government is to promote “ease of doing business” and dilute the criminal penal provisions. The law amendment bills are as follows:- Labour […]
Welfare Scheme for Workers The Government has formulated the Code on Social Security, 2020 which envisages the framing of suitable social security schemes for gig workers and platform workers on matters relating to life and disability cover, accident insurance, health and maternity benefits, old age protection, etc. However, these provisions under the Code have not […]
The Government has formulated four Labour Codes, namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and published these Codes in the Official Gazette for general information. As a step towards implementation of the four Labour Codes, […]
Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation’s (ESIC) online maternity benefit claim facility during the commemoration of 102nd birth anniversary of Sh. Dattopant Thengadi at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Speaking on this occasion, Shri Bhupender Yadav lauded the efforts of ESIC for […]
According to Livelaw, The supreme court (SC) has partially upheld the Kerala High Court judgment. The court has quashed the limit of Rs 15,000 monthly salary for joining the pension fund. Case Background An appeal was filed in the supreme court (SC) by the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Union Government. The appeal […]
An employee was terminated by TTC News Channel in 2018 on the grounds of the financial crisis of the channel. Case Judgment/Observation The Karnataka Court found that the notice issued by the organization clearly stated that the Channel was facing a crisis due to repeated losses, and therefore, the Board of Directors had decided to […]
