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State-Wise list of minimum wages to Agricultural Labourers

   21 July 2009 at 12:51

A statement giving the latest rates of minimum wages to agricultural labourers (Unskilled) State-wise, is given below: MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FIXED BY DIFFERENT STATES/UNION TERRITORY ADMINISTRATIONS UNDER ..

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Labour Laws Directly or Indirectly Applicable to Women Domes

   21 July 2009 at 12:50

The Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008 has been enacted to provide social security to the unorganised sector workers including domestic workers. The Act provides for formulation of social security schemes viz. life and disability co ..

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SC grants 4 weeks time to UP Govt on transfer issue

   21 July 2009 at 11:30

The Supreme Court today granted four weeks time to the Mayawati Government to respond to a PIL challenging large scale transfers of senior IAS and IPS officers by the state soon after the recent Lok Sabha elections.The counsel for the petitioner cont ..

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Court orders out-of-turn promotion for policeman

   17 July 2009 at 18:31

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi police to give out-of-turn promotion to an Assistant Sub-Inspector for his exemplary role in the arrest of Sher Singh Rana, the main accused in the Phoolan Devi murder case of 2001.The Court issued th ..

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Unemployment allowances under NREGS

   17 July 2009 at 17:38

Section 7(1) of NREG Act, 2005 provides for payment of unemployment allowance by the State Government to an applicant if he/she is not provided employment within 15 days of receipt of application seeking employment or from the date on which the emplo ..

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No equal pay for daily wager and regular employee: SC

   16 July 2009 at 14:28

A daily wager cannot claim salary equal to that of a regular worker even if the two are discharging the ‘same functions’, the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark judgement which supercedes its earlier, almost opposite, stand on the iss ..

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SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER NOT MANDATORY FOR AVAILING EPF SERVIC

   16 July 2009 at 12:00

The Government on Wednesday made it clear that social security number is not mandatory for getting services from Employees Provident Fund Organisation as the present provident fund membership number will suffice. Informing this in the Rajya Sabha, M ..

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Existing PF Number Suffice for EPFO Services

   15 July 2009 at 17:10

Existing PF Number Suffice for EPFO ServicesUnder the Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), which was planned to be implemented earlier, a Social Security Number (SSN) was to be provided to all the members/subscribers of Employees’ Provident F ..

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Allahabad HC stays CAT's order in IPS officer suspension cas

   15 July 2009 at 14:53

A division bench of the Allahabad High Court today stayed the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Allahabad, whereby it had set aside the suspension order of a senior IPS officer Ramendra Vikram Singh, passed by the Uttar Pradesh gove ..

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Kerala HC: Educational institutions are industrial establish

   15 July 2009 at 10:51

The Kerala High Court said educational institutions are industrial establishments. A Division Bench comprising Justice K Balakrishnan Nair and Justice C T Ravikumar, while dismissing a batch of petitions challenging them inclusion of private schools ..

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