The hon’ble SC in “ESI Corporation Vs. M/s Texmo Industries”, held that Conveyance allowance is NOT ‘Wages’ u/s 2(22) of the ESI Act. At para 14, the SC observed “From the definition of wages in Section 2(22) of the ESI Act, it is amply clear that wages includes remunerative payments, but does not include compensatory payments”.
The conveyance allowance...Read More
5G isn’t just about high speed, but also about fast data, high security: Priyanka Anand, V-P & HR head (South East Asia, Oceania & India), Ericsson
The whole pace for how we prepared for 5G got accelerated because of the Covid outbreak.
To me, 5G is the underlying technology that can bring this whole thing around low latency that creates seamless experience for people.
Priyanka Anand,...Read More
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The Kerala High Court has held that inclination or willingness to do headload work with the consent of the employer will satisfy the requirements of the Kerala Headload Workers Act (this Act is similar to Maha. Mathadi Workers Act) to obtain registration as a headload worker.
Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas made the ruling while allowing a writ petition filed by Manzoor E.,...Read More
1. Resignation is an act of relinquishment of one’s own right and in relation to an office, if connotes the act of giving up or relinquishing the office. A prospective resignation is an expression of the intention of the employee to relinquish or quite his office or the post held by him, from a future date.
2. When the employee resigns his job and the employer accepts the same, the contract...Read More
A group of Jet Airways staff has urged the labour department to initiate steps to “summon” the management of the erstwhile Jet Airways, including former Chairman Naresh Goyal over the non-payment of gratuity and some salary arrears, among others. In a letter to the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner, Jet Airways Officers and Staff Association also requested for calling the...Read More
Hundreds of workers of Ford Motors gathered in front of the plant in Sanand, about 25 kilometres from Ahmedabad, Gujarat to protest against the closure of the company. The workers demanded primarily that the company should not shut down. If it has to, the workers sought intervention from the state government to ensure that Ford’s employees will get a priority for jobs at the same wage in the...Read More
Social commerce platform Meesho on Thursday announced a 30-week gender-neutral parental leave policy as part of its efforts of rolling out inclusive policies for its employees. The policy has been designed with an outlook to provide fulfilling employee experiences, cognizant of the efforts in caregiving and growing a family, Meesho said in a statement. The new policies also reflect evolving...Read More
VERY IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS
24.09.2021
Subject : With respect to new directions of the EPFO Circular dated 01.06.2021 for mandatory seeding UAN with Aadhar for generating monthly ECR
On 10.09.2021, I raised , and argued three issues for relief before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court :
1. Grace period of 5 days be given for remitting PF Contribution as per paragraph 38 of the...Read More
Yes, All employees are entitled to overtime whenever they are called to work on Saturday or Sunday because five day week policy is adopted by the Company.
Accordingly, Saturday is holiday for such employees. Employer can not convert Saturday as working day for them because in other organisations Saturday is working day. Now question comes of category entitled for overtime wages. There is no...Read More
The four labour codes are unlikely to be implemented this fiscal in view of slow progress on the drafting of rules by the states and also for political reasons like elections in Uttar Pradesh, a source said.
The implementation of these laws assumes significance because once these are implemented there would be reduction in take-home pay of employees and firms have to bear higher...Read More
