Labour Ministry Redefines ‘Worker’ Category with ₹18,000 Wage ceiling for Supervisors
Labour Ministry has notified ₹18,000 wage ceiling that excludes supervisory employees earning above this limit from the definition of ‘worker’.
Employment Law
Right to work | Expiry of selection panel can’t defeat substantive rights of a person with benchmark disability: Supreme Court
“True equality at the workplace can be achieved only with the right impetus given to disability rights as a facet of Corporate Social Responsibility.”
Call for Submissions | RGNUL’s CASLW launching “Shram” — Weekly Labour Law Newsletter
RGNUL Punjab’s CASLW has launched “Shram,” a weekly newsletter on contemporary labour and employment law issues, inviting submissions that explore evolving workplace rights and legal developments.
No disciplinary action can be taken post-retirement or after extended service period of delinquent employee: Supreme Court
“Where the disciplinary proceeding itself is without jurisdiction, upholding the same on the specious plea that it was not challenged on the ground of lack of jurisdiction would be tantamount to giving imprimatur to a patently illegal proceeding”
Eligibility criteria for Government jobs cannot be changed midway unless allowed by existing Rules: Supreme Court
“Recruiting bodies subject to the extant rules may devise an appropriate procedure for bringing the recruitment process to its logical end, provided the procedure is transparent non-discriminatory, non-arbitrary, and has a rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved”
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.
Khaitan & Co Enhances Employment Practice with Strategic Hires in Bengaluru and Delhi
Khaitan & Co, a leading full-service law firm has announced boosting its employment practice with the addition of two key Partners. Avik
Saurabh Bindal Appointed as Adjunct Professor of Law at Manipal University, Jaipur
EBC Author and Partner at Fox Mandal & Associates, Saurabh Bindal has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Manipal
Can employee claim Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity where a criminal appeal in corruption case is pending against him and sentence is suspended? SC answers
Supreme Court: In an interesting case where the Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul* and M.M. Sundresh, JJ., was to answer whether