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Second wife entitled to compassionate appointment in government

   15 December 2009 at 18:28

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 ..

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Employee may continue Mediclaim policy taken by his employer

   12 December 2009 at 09:07

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 ..

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ESI now serving more than five crore beneficiaries

   09 December 2009 at 09:47

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 ..

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Wait till March for online settlement of PF claims

   09 December 2009 at 09:01

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 ..

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Proposal to hike salary limit for PF from Rs.6,500 p.m. to Rs.15,000

   07 December 2009 at 13:56

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 ..

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RBI allowed foreign nationals working in India to take home

   05 December 2009 at 18:12

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, ..

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Regional Labour Commissioners

   30 November 2009 at 18:29

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, ..

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Bill to amend Workers Compensation Act in Lok Sabha

   25 November 2009 at 21:36

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 ..

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Inordinate delay invalidates action against Government employees

   19 November 2009 at 13:10

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 ..

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No stay on implementation of Retirement Act: Govt

   15 November 2009 at 10:27

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 ..

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