Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...
Rules for faster full and final settlement, annual leave encashment & other provisions are already effective under new labour code even without state government notification, know what it meansNew labour code provisions are now effective across India from November 21, 2025. Employee benefits like faster full and final payments and...
Higher EPS Pension: EPFO can’t use the excuse of employer’s deficient system of recordkeeping as a ground to deny higher pension to employees, rules Bombay HCBombay High Court ruled in favour of six employees seeking higher pensions. The court stated the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO...
Rs 15 lakh PF deducted but not deposited: HC allows criminal case to continue against director of company that turned insolventThe Orissa High Court ruled that a company director will face a criminal case for failing to deposit Rs 15 lakh deducted from employee sala...
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...
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...
Inclusion of foreign workers in PF unconstitutional, says High CourtThe move, which is likely to be challenged by govt and the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), will impact thousands of expatriat...
Higher pension option to impact PF corpusUnder the Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, both employee and employer contribute 12% of the basic wage. While the ...
EPFO cracks whip on 700 PF trusts for not filing returnsThe Central Provident Fund Commissioner after a review found that more than 700 exempted establishments (private PF trusts) did not file on...
EPFO targets companies giving low PF to international workersWhile for Indian citizens, an employer can cap the contribution to PF at Rs 1,800 a month, there is no cap for international workers.
EPFO orders probe if Sahara paying the statutory retirement savings of its employeesPF offices have also been asked to take immediate action wherever there is no compliance, by invoking the penal provisions of the Employees...
India Inc can limit PF contributions against statutory limit of Rs 6,500 per monthEPFO has on May 27, 2014, issued a circular to this effect. PF is computed at 12% for both employer and employee contributions against basi...
Labour ministry for clubbing allowances with basic pay to calculate PF duesExpats and domestic employees with basic monthly pay of up to Rs 6,500 may see a dip in take-home salaries if law ministry agrees to a plan...
Nearly 40 per cent of Kingfisher Airlines' employees left between March and SeptemberKingfisher Airlines employees dwindled nearly 40 per cent between March and September, provident fund records accessed by ET reveal.
- PF contribution: Your take home salary may reduce now
Allowances paid by employer such as Conveyance, Night Shift Incentives qualified as Basic wages may need to be included while calculating c...
- EPFO may take punitive steps as Subhiksha fails to deposit PF
PF officials are understood to have planned to attach the personal bank accounts of Subhiksha MD R Subramanian and properties of the retail...
- PF withdrawals rise in shaky job market
The fallout from the economic slowdown is now being felt in the corridors of provident fund (PF) offices. As an increasing number of the un...