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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has organized the final Law review consultation on Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and the 2017 amendment. Some of the important suggestions made by the panellists are: Extend the paternity leaves so that the burden of raising the child is shared equally between both the parents Incentivising employers. Sensitization of […]
An online career platform for women JobsForHer has conducted a survey. According to a new diversity survey of 300 companies around 14 percent of Indian companies, including large enterprises, SMEs, and start-ups, don’t have any paternity policy. Survey findings on paternity policy 31 percent of SMEs and start-ups offer paternity leave. 57 percent of large […]
According to media reports, a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee Thirumalai Selvan, an IT engineer, was terminated in 2015 after over eight years of service with the organization. After a legal battle for seven years, the labour court in Chennai has finally ruled in favor of the employee and has directed TCS to reinstate the […]
The tech giant Google has agreed to pay $118 million to over 15,500 employees for the settlement of a longstanding lawsuit over claims of gender discrimination. The lawsuit was launched in 2017 by three female Google employees, who accused Google of breaking Californian laws on gender discrimination, such as the state’s Equal Pay Act. The plaintiffs argued […]
Anganwadi workers and helpers appointed to work in Anganwadi centres, set up under the Integrated Child Development Scheme are entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the Supreme Court said on Monday. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S Oka said that because of the provisions of the National Food […]
Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata for conducting All India Surveys Labour Bureau opened an additional office at Salt Lake City, Kolkata for conducting All India Surveys. Prof S.P. Mukherjee, Chairman, Expert Group on five All-India Surveys, inaugurated on April 16. The new office is likely to become a hub […]
Employees’ take home pay, companies’ PF liability to remain the same for now The four labour codes will not come into effect from April 1 as states are yet to finalise the relevant rules, which means that there will be no change in take-home pay of employees and provident fund liability of companies for now. […]
Implementation of new labour codes delayed, likely after Assembly polls The implementation of the four new labour codes, replacing 29 Central labour laws, is likely to take place after the ongoing State Assembly elections, according to officials in the Labour and Employment Ministry. An official said the rules framed under the four codes on wages, […]
The year 2020 will be remembered as a year for devastation, Job loss and exodus of Migrant labourers. There are many good things also happening amid this situation of crisis, Introduction of Four Labour codes was one of them. Labour codes mitigate the generation gap of seven decades, where the emphasis is much on practising […]
Budget 2021: Labour Ministry recommends reducing PF Contribution The Ministry of Labour and Employment has suggested bringing down the rate of contribution by companies towards the pension and provident fund scheme administered by the EPFO in the upcoming union budget 2021. It may increase the take-home salary of the employees but may cause loss to […]
