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The Government of Kerala has issued notification fixing a minimum wages to Khadi employees employed in the state. The Govt. accepted the report of the minimum wages committe under the chairmanship of P C VIJAAYARAJAN in this regard. Kerla is the first sate in India to fix a minimum wages to Khadi workers under the minimum wages act, 1948. ..

New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has expressed concern over a large number of employees being denied appropriate relief in the name of globalisation and liberalisation of the economy. div id="lhs-col" style="border-right: 0px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); p..

New Delhi: Standing by the physically challenged persons, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that a government employee cannot be rendered jobless if he/she becomes disabled during the service. The disability incurred by an employee during service cannot b6 made a ground for throwing him/her out of job, a Bench of Justices Shivraj Patil and Arijit Pas..

The Supreme Court has ruled that the services of a temporary employee can be termina ted by the employer if his performance is found to be unsat isfactory. A Bench of Mr Justice SV Patil and Mr Justice HK Sema set aside an order of the Lucknow Bench of the Central Ad ministrative Tribunal that had reinstated an employee of the Intelligence Bureau dism..

The Supreme Court, in an important ruling, has held that a worker covered under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act would be entitled to the benefits from the date of his employment and not from the date of registration after contribution by the employer. A Bench, comprising lustice S.S.M. Quadri and Justice Arijit Pasayat, allowing an appeal from..

The Government on Friday said there was “near unanimity” among all stakeholders to raise the ceiling of payment on gratuity for private sector employees from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and hoped a decision in this regard will be taken before the forthcoming Budget session. “We have already prepared legislation and it remains ..

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Bombay HC clarifies law on 'workman' Swati Deshpande, TNN 28 December 2009, 02:57am IST MUMBAI: In a significant verdict that has focused on the contemporary corporate world, the Bombay h..

Salaried employees may burn a hole in their pockets with the Government all set to impose tax  on all perks –residential accommodation, conveyance and others — paid for by the company, under a new law that replaces the already abolished Fringe Benefit Tax.  Perquisites given by the employer such as residential accommodation, conveyance facility..

Bringing relief to the working class of the country facing an unprecedented price rise, the government has decided to hike the minimum wages to Rs 100 from existing Rs 80 per day. “The decision to hike minimum wages to Rs 100 per day would be implemented with retrospective effect from November 1, 2009,” a Labour Ministry source told. “The nati..

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 no objection to it. ..

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 of the facilities of the group health policies. The only catch is that it no longer remains a group policy and gets str..

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 ..

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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 on Saturday, when he presides over a meeting of the Employees’ Provident Organisation’s Central Board of Trustees. /br..