India Inc salary restructuring: How new labour codes and income tax rules will impact take-home pay and retirement savingsSalaried employees face uncertainty as new labor codes and tax rules loom. Companies are preparing for changes, but widespread implementati...
20 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Noida workers' unrest: Action against 203 contractors labour law violationsNoida authorities are taking strong action against contractors. Licenses of 203 contractors are being cancelled. Firms are being blackliste...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.20 PM IST
Overtime, gratuity, leave rules, 50% wage rule and salary components decoded in new Labour CodesNew Labour Law Salary Structure: Effective November 21, 2025, redefine "wages," impacting overtime, gratuity, and retirement benefits. The ...
21 Mar, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
ESIC benefits widen under new Labour Code 2025— who gains nowMore employees can now access ESI benefits. The Labour Code 2025, effective November 21, 2025, expands coverage. Employers must register el...
04 Jan, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
EPF rules: New Labour Code vs old PF law creates payroll & tax confusion for employersA visible exception in the latest reform story is that the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act (EPF Act), 1952—Indi...
08 Dec, 2025, 03.57 PM IST
How new 'wage' definition in labour codes could impact your income tax outgoThe new wage definition under the Code on Wages, 2019 will change the way gratuity and provident fund calculations are done on salary. As p...
01 Jul, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
BMS asks govt to bring contract workers in smaller firms under the purview of labour codes“BMS strongly objected to the exclusion of contract labour from the purview of Labour Codes up to 50 workers. Codes should provide for thei...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
New social security code likely to hike retirals, cut take home pay for salariedWhile the intention of the Code on Social Security is to increase the retiral benefits of the employee, this could impact the take-home sal...
10 Dec, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
How Social Security Code 2019 will impact employees' gratuity, protect their EPF duesThe code provides for a uniform definition of "wages" across all legislations covered. This is aligned with the definition provided under t...
16 Jan, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
RSS-affiliate BMS presses for further scrutiny of Social Security Code BillAccording to BMS, since the code continues to retain the threshold under each legislation including the provident fund, employees’ state in...
18 Dec, 2019, 02.07 PM IST
4 Coal India unions call for 2-day strike from January 8“Although this is a national strike called by four central unions including INTUC, we are asking CIL union members to participate in order ...
21 Dec, 2018, 11.09 AM IST
RSS' trade arm threatens nationwide protest over labour rulesBhartiya Mazdoor Sangh has threatened to go a nationwide protest on September 6.
23 Aug, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
Labour Ministry asks EPFO, ESIC not to inspect startups for 3 yearsThere will be a blanket exemption from inspection and filing returns for the first year and would be asked to file an online self declarati...
25 Jan, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
Staffing company TeamLease Services along with 500 firms write to govt over salary paymentsThe recently-submitted petition urges the government to take a re-look at the laws governing salary payment of lowwage employees by allowin...
06 Jan, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
500 firms approach Labour Ministry for employee salary choiceA coalition of 500 employers recently urged the government to re-look at the laws governing salary payment of low-wage employees.
05 Jan, 2015, 05.20 PM IST
100% job creation has happened in informal jobs as labour laws confiscate half of gross salaryIn the CTC world of formal employment, employers are required to deduct almost half of gross salary under various legislation, says Manish ...
28 Dec, 2012, 10.35 AM IST
- No end in sight to jute strike
The indefinite jute strike, spearheaded by 20 central trade unions (TUs), is 25 days old, but there is still no sign of an amicable settlem...
08 Jan, 2010, 05.50 AM IST