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Labour codes will usher a new wave of reforms in , job creation will be a key challenge The impl...
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Major Labour Law Challenges & Reforms in 2020 Various legislative, administrative, and e-governance initiatives have been taken by the Central Government and State Governments to generate employment and to facilitate ease of doing business. The various initiatives taken by the Central Government and State Governments have been compiled and are as follows: The central government […]
Gratuity can be withheld for recovery of dues: Supreme Court PTI | The gratuity money of an employee can be withheld and forfeited for recovery of dues such as overstaying in official accommodation, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench headed by justice Sanjay K Kaul held that there is no prohibition against recovering dues including […]
New Labour Codes: Top 5 Changes to Impact Employers and Employees Giving a definite roadmap, the union government said it will implement all the four labour codes by April 2021. The codes on wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety, health and working conditions have been introduced with the promise of making India’s labour laws modern […]
EPFO has added 11.55 lakh net subscribers in the month of October 2020, 56% rise in new enrolments The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been released on 20th December 2020. It reveals that EPFO has added 11.55 lakh net subscribers in the month of October, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, EPFO has added around […]
Govt disbursed around Rs 13300 crores thru EPFO COVID-19 advance claim: Santosh Gangwar Mumbai, December 16, 2020: The central government has approved more than 52 lakh claims and disbursed around Rs 13300 crores through the Employment Provident Fund organisation (EPFO)’s special COVID-19 advance claim to help out the formal sector workers, stated Minister of State, Labour, […]
EPFO: 8.5% interest on EPF likely to be credited by month-end Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to credit 8.5 percent rate of interest for 2019-20 in the employees’ provident fund (EPF) accounts of around six crore subscribers in one go by the end of December, news agency PTI has reported. Earlier in September this […]
8.5% PF interest to be paid in One Go, Not in Two installments According to an NDTV report, Union Labour Ministry has moved a proposal to the Finance Ministry for the transfer of the entire consolidated amount of annual interest payments to Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) subscribers in one go. As per the report, […]
ESIC relaxes norms for availing health services in private hospitals in emergency cases The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Monday allowed its beneficiaries to avail health services directly in any nearby private hospital in case of emergency. As per the existing practice, the insured persons and beneficiaries (family members) are required to go to […]
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act provisions applicable to private security agency: Supreme Court The provisions of the Employees” Provident Fund Act are applicable to private security agencies providing personnel to clients, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Surya Kant said the appellant company is engaged in the specialised […]
EPFO extends time limit for Pensioners upto 28th February 2021 for submission of Jeevan Pramaan Patra, 35 Lakh pensioners with EPFO to benefit In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of elderly population to Corona Virus, EPFO has extended the time limit up to 28th February 2021 for submission of Life Certificate […]
ESIC scheme adds 11.49 lakh new members in September 2020 Around 11.49 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in September against 9.47 lakh in the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday, giving a perspective on formal sector employment in the country. The latest data is part of a report released by the National Statistical […]
EPFO conferred with Platinum Partner Award for highest transactions on UMANG App On the occasion of completion of 3 years of UMANG App, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice unveiled the newly instituted UMANG Awards for Partner Departments of Centre and States based on average transactions […]