The Delhi High Court has backed a Labour Court's decision regarding a terminated employee. The company must either reinstate the worker wit...

India's new direct tax law in 2025 simplifies income tax. It introduces a uniform tax year and consolidates salary exemptions. Optional joi...

Despite the inevitable transitional challenges that accompany reforms of this magnitude, the new Labour Codes mark a progressive and transf...

In a landmark decision on November 19, 2025, the ITAT Hyderabad ruled that severance packages is to be classified as taxable income under p...

Employees will now receive their full and final settlement within two working days. This new labor code standardizes the process for all se...

Employees laid off will receive additional funds for skill enhancement, complementing their severance pay. With the new labor codes set to ...

India's new labour codes, effective November 21, 2025, consolidate 29 laws into four, significantly altering employee categorization, wage ...

India's new labor codes, now notified, promise universal social security for gig workers, mandatory appointment letters, and statutory mini...

India is introducing new labour codes. These codes simplify workplace rules across all sectors. They aim for universal minimum wages and so...

The new labour codes have provided a definition of 'worker'. An individual employee satisfying the definition of 'worker' will be entitled ...

In October 2020, the airline's Committee of Creditors (CoC) approved the resolution plan submitted by the consortium of the UK's Kalrock Ca...

As the pandemic worsened and the economy slowed, a large number of employees were dismissed in various sectors. Such termination entails a ...

In a pointed clarification on raising employee limit of smaller units for closure to 300, the ministry has underlined that the department-r...

Industry lobby group National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has sought furloughs and temporary layoff of surplus...

The Code has expanded the definition of “employer” as well as “employee”, resulting in a broad based applicability of the regulations and i...

The DPE said the government is concerned about the inordinate delays and extended time taken for closing down sick or loss-making central p...

Kochhar & Co senior partner Manishi Pathak discusses the benefits of being part of the alliance and issues surrounding implementation of la...