Answer is No.
Sometimes an employee who is on duty or deemed to be on duty meets with an accident with a vehicle and the question arises as to whether a workman has a right to get compensation for work injury under the Employees’ Compensation Act, as well as under the Motor Vehicles Act. It is made clear that both the forums are available to the workman but at the same time, double...Read More
The law is very well settled that any privilege, benefit or concession which is given by the employer to the employees either by customer or usage, can not be withdrawn or reduced.
In one case, the Bombay High Court has held that unilateral reduction of wages of an employee will be contrary of section 9-A of the Industrial Disputes Act providing for notice of change.
S. N. Kedare vs....Read More
1. Both the parties should prepare for discussion, participate and focus only on the wage settlement related points and both the parties should be honest & transparent in all respects. 🚩
2. Both the parties should maintain utmost confidentiality till the execution of long term wage settlement. 🚩
3. The parties shall not share details of the negotiation unless there is a concrete conclusion...Read More
HR’s role is very different now from what it used to be. Only in recent decades — as compliance requirements such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Americans With Disabilities Act have come into existence and more businesses have gone global — has the HR leader’s job morphed from simply that of a personnel administrator to a strategic player in a company’s growth....Read More
Provident Fund Commissioner Rizwan Uddin has urged employers to update KYC of their employees and suggested that employees should retain their PF accumulations on switching employment to avail the benefit of Pension and Insurance Schemes.
The PF Commissioner advised the members/employees to opt for transfer or advance in case of need and not go for full PF withdrawal, so that the...Read More
Diageo India has rolled out a 26-week parental leave policy to all employees, regardless of gender, after birth/adoption of a child.
The family leave policy also covers employees who become parents through surrogacy, The Times of India has reported.
The 26-week parental leave policy came into effect on July 30, and is a step towards a more inclusive workplace. “It’s no more...Read More
Starting August 1, customers can now have their salaries and pensions credited to their bank accounts seven days a week and 24 x 7.
This will help them carry on with important payments, such as EMIs and other transactions without having to wait for a bank working day. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has altered the rules of the National Automated Clearing House (NACH).
While earlier...Read More
An employees’ group of Jet Airways (India) Ltd has sought the intervention of newly appointed civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for resolving issues of employment under the new owners of the airline and clearance of social security dues such PF, Gratuity etc. that have accumulated under the previous management of the airline.
By Dayanand N. Mangaonkar
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Twitter Debates…….
Twitter discourse recently found another crucial topic in the form of notice periods and how they reflect on employers and employees.
The basic debate was surrounding whether or not an employee should be judged on the basis of their performance during notice period.
An entrepreneur, Rajneil Kamath, suggested on the microblogging site that potential...Read More
Abusing your boss could cost you your job. A bank clerk lost his job for calling his branch manager a hoodlum and the labour court as well as the Gujarat high court have upheld his termination, by holding that the punishment is commensurate to the charge.
The case involved Harshad Dave, who was appointed as leave reserve cashier in the Bank of India’s Sardhar branch in 1973. Later, he was...Read More
