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Parliament Passes Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment Bill) 2009

   07 May 2010 at 12:41

The Parliament today passed the Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2009. The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme is a welfare scheme framed for workers covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act ..

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GRATUITY LIMIT HIKE TO RS10 LAKH GETS PARLIAMENTARY NOD

   06 May 2010 at 13:24

Parliament on Wednesday approved enhancing the gratuity limit for employees from Rs3.5 lakh to Rs10 lakh as also the exemption threshold from income tax on it. While the Lok Sabha had passed the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010 on Monday, t ..

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Bill to raise gratuity ceiling from current Rs 3.50 lac to Rs. 10.00 lac

   24 April 2010 at 12:12

A bill to raise the ceiling of gratuity for employees to Rs one million (Rs 10 lakh) from the current level of Rs 3,50,000 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010, introduced by Minister of State fo ..

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Bombay HC questions law preventing women to work in bars post 9.30 pm

   27 March 2010 at 20:24

MUMBAI: A state law which prohibits women from working in bars and restaurant after 2130 hours has come in for sharp rebuke by the Bombay High Court, with the judges likening the situation to that prevailing in Nazi Germany. The women, which the la ..

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Karnataka: ESI to provide amnesty benefits to industrial units

   27 March 2010 at 20:23

The ESI Corporation has decided to provide amnesty benefit to the owners of various industrial units against whom various cases were pending in courts of Karnataka, ESI Deputy Director Renuka Prasad said. Addressing a press conference, he said this ..

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Cabinet gives approval for ESI benefits to unorganised workers

   27 March 2010 at 20:20

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal of the Labour Ministry to amend the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, to provide medical facilities to unorganised workers in ESIC hospitals and recognised private hospitals under the Rashtriya Swasthya B ..

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Minimum hourly wage for domestic workers

   05 March 2010 at 21:29

Under Minimum Wages Act 1948 both Central and State Government can fix/revise Min. wages in Schedule employment in their respective spheres. Domestic workers fall under the State sphere already included by States viz. AP, Bihar, Karnataka, Rajasthan ..

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Online settlement of provident fund claim by next financial year

   04 March 2010 at 21:30

Government on Wednesday said the modernisation project for online settlement of provident fund claim would be implemented by the next financial year in all EPFO offices. The project will be implemented in 27 offices of Employees Provident Fund Or ..

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Enhancement of wage ceiling in ESI

   24 February 2010 at 07:48

The ESI Corporation has approved to enhance wage ceiling from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs15,000 per month for coverage of employees under the ESI Scheme in its 149th meeting held on Friday under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Labour and Employm ..

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Need to amend labour laws: AP HC Judge

   20 February 2010 at 22:18

Justice N V Ramana of Andhra Pradesh High Court said the present labour laws are outdated and there was need to amend them. Speaking as the chief guest at the symposium on ‘Employment Law’ Managements’ perspective’ organized ..

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