New Delhi: In a decision that could benefit the second wife of a married man, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that such women too upon the husband's death are entitled to compassionate appointment in government jobs, as long as the first wife has ..
General insurers, both private and public, have started offering continuity of features of group mediclaim policies to employees even after one quits an organisation where the cover was originally offered. People retiring can also continue to avail o ..
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is now serving over five crore beneficiaries all over the country. This was announced by the Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge at its 148th meeting held here tod ..
NEW DELHI: Online settlementof PF claims and getting other related information through the net may not happen until March next year as the National Informatics Centre has sought time till then to computerise the operations of the EP ..
Employers may soon be required to make mandatory provident fund contributions to workers with a salary of up to Rs 15,000 a month instead of Rs 6,500 at present. Union labour minister Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to ratify a proposal to this effect o ..
Christmas cheer has come early for foreign nationals working in India. They can now take their entire post-tax salaries home, following a change in rules to this effect by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This will benefit sectors such as aviation, ..
Monday, November 30, 2009: Thirty three (33) Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) [RLC(C)], 05 at Chief Labour Commissioner (C) Headquarter, and the other twenty eight (28) in the field offices, have been appointed to look into among other works, ..
Labour Minister Malillikarjun Kharge moved for passing in the Lok Sabha the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1923, which seeks to improve upon the compensation package for various categories of workers and their dependents in case of accidents ..
The Central Administrative Tribunal has ruled that the disciplinary proceedings against a government employee can be invalidated if there is "inordinate and unexplained" delay in initiating the same. The tribunal passed the order while deci ..
he Nagaland Government has issued a fresh memorandum on the implementation of the Nagaland Retirement from Public Employment (Second Amendment) Act, 2009, as there was no stay order from the Supreme Court on the implementation of the Act. Official so ..