labour service law

The national tribunal, constituted under section 7-D of the E.P.F & M.P Act, 1952 has been running from a car since past more than 6 months. The Ministry of Labour and EPFO have not taken any step to provide space to the national tribunal. Till October, 2007, it was functioning from Mayur Bhawan, Connaight Place, new Delhi, however on 6th October, 2007, there was a huge fire in the building and th..

Chief Labour Comm office overburdened: Par panel The Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner is overburdened with certain officers dealing on an average with as many as 9000 cases a year, a parliamentary panel has said. The Standing Committee on Labour said the increasing number of establishments and geographical areas under various functionaries of the organisation is a matter of c..

New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The Supreme Court has ruled that a labour court constituted under the Industrial Dispute Act can entertain disputes related to employees of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). A bench of Justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar upheld the reinstatement order passed by a labour court in favour of R Suresh, a development officer, who was dismissed from service for alleged prof..

MEDICAL COLLEGES BY ESI CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ESI Corporation is exploring the feasibility of starting Medical Colleges, Nursing Colleges and Para-Medical Training Schools under ESI Medical Scheme. A consultant has been appointed on 29.02.2008 for submitting the feasibility report on the proposal. A letter has ..

PF contribution- encashment of leave not to be included - Where the wage is universally, necessarily and ordinarily paid to all across the board such emoluments are basic wages : Supreme Court By TIOL News Service NEW DELHI, MAR 17, 2008 : THE dispute is whether the amount received by encashing the earned leave is a part of "basic wage" under Section 2(b) of the Employees' Provident Funds an..

There are the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 including the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (in the specified establishments and employing 20 or more persons) and The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (for persons employed in factories, mines, plantations, mechanically propelled vehicles, construction works and certain other hazardous occupations) for the social and..

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation is examining the proposal to provide Unique Identification Numbers to Insured Persons covered under the ESI Scheme. This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Oscar Fernandes (Independent Charge) in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. ..

The Government is not proposing to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 to prohibit all forms of child labour. Considering the socio-economic conditions of the country and the nature and magnitude of the problem, Government is following a sequential approach of first covering children working in hazardous occupations/processes. This information was given by the Minister..

Estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation. Last such survey was conducted during 2004-05. As per last two quinquennial rounds of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) on employment and unemployment, employment opportunities on usual status basis have increased from 397 million in 1999-2000 t..

A probationer who does not possess the requisite qualification, like command over the regional language of the place where he is posted, cannot claim a right over the job, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court's observation came while upholding the Punjab Government's decision to remove a chowkidar from service after an year's probation. "If he does not possess the requisite qualifica..

The Supreme Court has commenced the final hearing on a petition filed by noted cardiologist P Venugopal challenging his removal as AIIMS Director following the Centre's decision to fix 65 years as the upper age limit for the post. Senior advocate Arun Jaitely, who opened the argument on behalf of Venugopal, alleged that an amendment to the AIIMS Act was brought about by the Centre with the sole..

New Delhi, Mar 2 (UNI) The Supreme Court has held that a teacher who misbehaves or physically attacks his principal is not fit for the job of a teacher and cannot be allowed to continue even if he has tendered a written apology. Rejecting the policy of ''slap and say sorry'' a bench comprising Justices H K Sema and Markandey Katju noted that such a person was more like a goon and was not fit to..

The Supreme Court has ruled that the judiciary cannot arrogate itself to the role of a fact-finding committee or substitute a selection committee for appointment of candidates to a government post. Further unsuccessful candidate cannot and assail the selection process after having participated in it, a bench of Justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar said in a judgment. The apex court passed th..

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2007, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday virtually without any debate as the House plunged into pandemonium created by opposition on the farmers' plight. Women working in factories, shops and plantation will get enhanced maternity benefits as Parliament passes amendments in the law. Under the new law, the medical bonus paid to women under..

The government will submit the Sixth Pay Commission report that was constituted in October 2006 to recommend comprehensive changes in salary structure of the government employees by 4th April. "The Commission is to finalise and submit its report within 18 months of its constitution, that is 4th April, 2008," Minister of state for Finance P K Bansal told Rajya Sabha in a written reply on Tuesda..