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Updated on: Sep 2023
Companies need to pay if over unused leaves in the same year
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Companies need to pay if over unused leaves in the same year

Sep 6, 2023

Sikkim announces -month maternity -month paternity leave 

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has announcednbspone year ofnbspmaternity leavenbspand...

Labour Law
Jul 27, 2023
Sikkim announces -month maternity -month paternity leave 

Essential legal considerations for AI implementation employee rights

The times we live in are ever-changing, and the exponential rise in the use of artificial intelligen...

Labour Law
Jul 25, 2023
Essential legal considerations for AI implementation employee rights

Assam Government proposes labour law amendment bills 

According to TOI, The Assam government has proposed labour law amendment bills. The amendment in ...

Labour Law
Dec 21, 2022
Assam Government proposes labour law amendment bills 
NITES calls Infosys gender discrimination ‘toxic culture’
Industry

NITES calls Infosys gender discrimination ‘toxic culture’

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) calls Infosys gender discrimination a toxic culture. Additionally, NITES has also urged IT companies to immediately stop it. The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate has recently shared a tweet from the official Twitter handle saying, “Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life.” […]

Oct 10, 2022
Former US hiring executive of Infosys takes legal action for biases
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Former US hiring executive of Infosys takes legal action for biases

India’s second-largest IT major, Infosys’ former employee, Jill Prejean a specialist at recruiting hard-to-find executives has taken legal action over biases. As per Jill Prejean, she was discriminated on the grounds of age and sex. She was hired by Infosys in October 2018 as a VP- Talent Acquisition. As part of the hiring profile, Jill […]

Oct 7, 2022
Indian Bank says no change in guidelines of Pregnant women hiring
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Indian Bank says no change in guidelines of Pregnant women hiring

Amid controversy over the discrimination against pregnant women in joining service, Indian Bank said that it has not made any changes to the existing guidelines and no female candidate has been denied employment. Indian Bank said in a statement, “In some sections of the media, it has been interpreted that bank has framed new guidelines which […]

Jun 21, 2022
Maternity Benefit Act: Experts Recommend Extending Paternity Leaves
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Maternity Benefit Act: Experts Recommend Extending Paternity Leaves

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has organized the final Law review consultation on Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and the 2017 amendment. Some of the important suggestions made by the panellists are: Extend the paternity leaves so that the burden of raising the child is shared equally between both the parents Incentivising employers. Sensitization of […]

Jun 20, 2022
14% of Indian enterprises have no paternity policy
Survey & Report

14% of Indian enterprises have no paternity policy

An online career platform for women JobsForHer has conducted a survey. According to a new diversity survey of 300 companies around 14 percent of Indian companies, including large enterprises, SMEs, and start-ups, don’t have any paternity policy. Survey findings on paternity policy 31 percent of SMEs and start-ups offer paternity leave. 57 percent of large […]

Jun 20, 2022
TCS laid-off Chennai techie gets justice after 7 yrs
Labour Law

TCS laid-off Chennai techie gets justice after 7 yrs

According to media reports, a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee Thirumalai Selvan, an IT engineer, was terminated in 2015 after over eight years of service with the organization. After a legal battle for seven years, the labour court in Chennai has finally ruled in favor of the employee and has directed TCS to reinstate the […]

Jun 18, 2022
Google agrees to pay $118 million to females who earned less than male
Industry

Google agrees to pay $118 million to females who earned less than male

The tech giant Google has agreed to pay $118 million to over 15,500 employees for the settlement of a longstanding lawsuit over claims of gender discrimination. The lawsuit was launched in 2017 by three female Google employees, who accused Google of breaking Californian laws on gender discrimination, such as the state’s Equal Pay Act. The plaintiffs argued […]

Jun 14, 2022
Anganwadi workers, helpers entitled for gratuity: Supreme Court
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Anganwadi workers, helpers entitled for gratuity: Supreme Court

Anganwadi workers and helpers appointed to work in Anganwadi centres, set up under the Integrated Child Development Scheme are entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the Supreme Court said on Monday. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka said that because of the provisions of the National Food […]

Apr 26, 2022
Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata
Labour Law

Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata

Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata for conducting All India Surveys Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata for conducting All India Surveys. Prof S.P. Mukherjee, Chairman, Expert Group on five All-India Surveys, inaugurated on April 16. The new office is likely to become a hub […]

Apr 17, 2021
Government defers labour codes implementation
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Government defers labour codes implementation

Employees’ take home pay, companies’ PF liability to remain the same for now The four labour codes will not come into effect from April 1 as states are yet to finalise the relevant rules, which means that there will be no change in take-home pay of employees and provident fund liability of companies for now. […]

Apr 1, 2021
Implementation of new labour codes delayed, likely after Assembly polls
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Implementation of new labour codes delayed, likely after Assembly polls

Implementation of new labour codes delayed, likely after Assembly polls The implementation of the four new labour codes, replacing 29 Central labour laws, is likely to take place after the ongoing State Assembly elections, according to officials in the Labour and Employment Ministry. An official said the rules framed under the four codes on wages, […]

Mar 14, 2021
Labour Codes 2020: “The Pros and Cons”
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Labour Codes 2020: “The Pros and Cons”

The year 2020 will be remembered as a year for devastation, Job loss and exodus of Migrant labourers. There are many good things also happening amid this situation of crisis, Introduction of Four Labour codes was one of them. Labour codes mitigate the generation gap of seven decades, where the emphasis is much on practising […]

Jan 21, 2021