Key FAQs on Social Security Code 2020: Clarifications for Modern Workforce Needs
Labour Ministry issues FAQs on Social Security Code to clarify gratuity rules, maternity benefits, gig worker coverage, and compliance for India’s modern workforce.
Employee Rights
FAQs on the Labour Codes: Everything Employers and Employees Need to Know!
Labour Ministry has issued FAQs on the Labour Codes to clarify provisions, address compliance requirements, and dispel myths, ensuring smooth implementation of these reforms.
‘Employer’s discretion ends where employee’s dignity begins’; Supreme Court directs TSRTC to redeploy colour-blind employee
Stating that TSRTC’s omission to consider redeployment violates both statutory and constitutional obligations, the Court directed that the colour-blind employee be appointed to a suitable post, consistent with his condition.
Inside Delhi High Court Ruling on post-employment restrictions and employees’ right to livelihood
“The negative covenant post termination of the employment can be granted only to protect the confidential and proprietary information of the employer or to restrain the employee from soliciting the clients of the employer.”
Madras High Court sets aside suspension of TASMAC employees who exposed internal corruption in media
“The available materials show that there is something wrong in the department. TASMAC is run by the government in order to prevent casualties on account of illicit arrack and it should not allow any corruption in the department. The department has to realise its mistake.”
“Inconceivable that entire proceedings could have been concluded fairly within two weeks”: Madras HC upholds order quashing disciplinary action against Canara Bank employee
“A disciplinary proceeding should not resemble a point-to-point bullet train journey. A charge memo need not necessarily culminate in punishment.”
Who is a “Workman”? Supreme Court clarifies the definition in Industrial Disputes context
Supreme Court noted that as per the employee in the case at hand, comes within the meaning of “workman” as given in Section 2(s) of the I.D. Act and the management without following the legal procedure, relieved him from service abruptly and hence, the same is illegal termination.
Delhi High Court stresses consistency in disciplinary actions for co-delinquents in employment misconduct; Upholds conversion of Bank Manager’s dismissal to compulsory retirement
Looking at the punishments awarded to the co-delinquents for same incidents/transactions and acts of connivance and testing the impugned action on the anvil of Article 14 as well as keeping in mind the long and unblemished spell of service of the respondent, save and except, the Single Judge was inclined to convert the punishment from ‘dismissal’ to one of ‘compulsory retirement’.
A huge sum spent in the judgeship of 24-Parganas (North); Calcutta High Court stays contractual recruitment notifications
The smooth functioning of the District Judiciary without regular staff and employees is likely to suffer and cannot be cured or supplemented by contractual engagements.