Employee died after falling from bus roof while sleeping due to lack of rest room; Gujarat HC upholds Rs 6.52 lakh compensationA bus employee died after falling from the bus roof where he slept due to a lack of rest room facilities at Ghodasar bus station. The Gujar...
Louisiana primary election results, winners: Can sitting Republican Senator Bill Cassidy win against Donald Trump-backed candidate Julia Letlow?Bill Cassidy Louisiana primary election results: Republican Senator's vote in favor of convicting Donald Trump after his 2021 impeachment o...
Can you be fired from job despite achieving your annual target? Know what the labour law saysMeeting annual targets doesn't guarantee job security in the private sector. Labour laws, particularly the Industrial Disputes Act, offer p...
Asked to work beyond office hours? Know your rights under new Labour CodeIndian employees are often verbally instructed to work beyond mandated hours, a practice normalized but not legal. While the new Labour Cod...
Cashier given ‘manager’ designation and fired; Supreme Court observed that nomenclature was ‘eyewash’ and it restores his job with past salaryThe Supreme Court has reinstated a hotel cashier wrongly dismissed. The court ruled his 'manager' title was a mere formality. His actual du...
After 10-year fight, employees win case against employer for unpaid salary, incentives for extra work, and other dues in Delhi High Court; Know howAirline pilots have won a significant legal battle. The Delhi High Court has declared them 'workmen' under labour law. This landmark ruling...
Pilots are 'workmen' under labour law, salary or title not decisive: Delhi High CourtA significant verdict from the Delhi High Court declares that airline pilots fall under the category of 'workmen' as per labor laws. The co...
RPF personnel can be treated as 'workman' for compensation purposes: SCA bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Manoj Misra dismissed an appeal filed by a commanding officer of the Railway Protection Special Force...
Are you a laid-off techie? Here are a few legal remediesAs businesses around the world are on a layoff spree, employees usually remain unaware about the legal options at hand. Here is a list of v...
What employees lose when forced to resign instead of being fired by employerThese days when a employee is fired from the job, the company asks them to tender resignation. However, when an employee is forced to volun...
HC asks AIIMS to pay over Rs 50 lakh to illegally terminated employeeAccording to the petitioner, he was illegally terminated after which he approached the labour court. The labour court in December 1998 held...
Fixed-term employment extended to all sectors to boost ease of businessThe facility for hiring on fixed-term contract was initially available only for the apparel manufacturing sector as per the Industrial Esta...
Labour Ministry notification paves way for fixed-term employment in textile sectorUnion cabinet had approved special package for employment generation and promotion of exports in textile and apparel sector on June 22.
Air India pilots vote 'overwhelmingly' in favour of strikeThe union has 650 members and it needed the votes of two-third of those voting to declare a strike, something which it has got.
Bosch Bangalore plant 'tool down' strike called offGerman auto component giant Bosch said employees union at its plant here has called off tool down strike after arriving at an agreement.
- Managers can't be workmen, law must change with time: HC
Managers cannot be termed workmen, the Bombay High Court has held, in a significant verdict that throws light on a vexed issue on who const...
- Khadi spins out fewer jobs now
Despite the government’s stated intention of promoting the use of khadi, the number of people employed in the industry is declining every y...