Late attendance is normally governed by the Service Rules/certified Standing
Orders. However, following methods can be adopted to restrict late
attendance;
1. There should be a message from the Top Management informing all
employee that Punctuality & time Management is part of their Organization
Culture.
2. All employees including Top Management should set example in this
respect.
3. Half...Read More
👨⚖Abandonment to be presumed when workman did not resume duty despite intimation……… Del HC
👨⚖Recommendation of Internal Committee without any reasoning is unsustainable………. HP HC
👨⚖Reporting on duty and entering room of Principal in inebriated condition is a grave misconduct…………… MP HC
👨⚖Non Registration of Principal employer or License by Contractor, the workers will be treated as...Read More
Question?
1) What is to be included in and excluded from a salary or wage for the purpose of calculating bonus?
Answer:
For the purpose of calculation of bonus a salary or wage includes a basic salary or wage and dearness allowance but does not include other allowances, overtime salary or wage, house rent allowance, traveling concessions, bonus, employer’s contribution to provident fund,...Read More
The recent announcement of Moonlighting policy by Swiggy has caused an upheaval! There are opinions ranging from ‘two-timing’ and ‘cheating’ and
about ‘increased employee morale!’ Moonlighting essentially means the pursuit of a job carried out by an employee of a company after his regular office hours.
This is not even Freelancing as freelancers work for...Read More
The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), a trade union supported by the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is facing stiff opposition from two Indian unions –
the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) of the Congress and the Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) of the socialists – in its bid to become an
affiliate of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Both INTUC and HMS,...Read More
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), set up in 1952, is among the major public social security organisations in the world.
In 2021, EPFO managed assets worth Rs 15.7 lakh crore (7.7 percent of 2019-20 GDP of Rs 203.3 lakh crore); had 69 million members; provided pensions to 7.1 million persons; and settled over 37 million claims.
As India is experiencing moderately rapid...Read More
Such a stipulation, will be against public policy as interpreted under section 23 of the Indian Contract Act whereby such contracts are void and hence prohibited. Reference is made to one case wherein it had been held that an agreement with an employee not to undertake employment for a period of 12 months after leaving the job will be violative of the provisions of Contract Act. In this case...Read More
The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Tax laws provide that interest credited to an employee provident fund (EPF) account after an individual ceases to be in employment is taxable in his hands in the year of credit.
In its recent order, the Bengaluru bench of the Income- Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) also upheld this I-T provision while adjudicating the matter of...Read More
The law is well settled that the burden of proving the relationship of employer and employee lies on the workman.
The inference regarding this relationship has to be inferred from facts and circumstances in each case and no general view can be taken in such matters. In the present case the award is well-reasoned and has been passed after duly considering and evaluating the evidence placed on...Read More
Rampant layoffs during the pandemic, coupled with increased work burden, long hours and low wages, has seen hospitality students shift to industries like ecommerce, retail, real estate, consulting and health care etc.
Jerson Fernandes, executive chef of the Novelette Mumbai Juhu Beach Hotel, is at the end of his tether and it is not owing to the challenge of managing six food and beverage...Read More
