Search Results for Tag : Labour
Statute
Model Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016(29.06.2016)
The Union Cabinet looked into disseminating the Model Shops and Establishment (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016 to State.....
Tags : labour, retail, operational freedoms, night shift
Judgments
Divisional Railway Manager a 'factory'(03.08.2015)
The Supreme Court held that a canteen at the Divisional Railway Manager, Moradabad was a 'statutory canteen'. With all requirements of a factory save .....
Tags : railway, factory, labour
SC reverses labour court’s reinstatement of defrauding bus conductor(23.06.2016)
The labour court may interfere with punishment award only when such punishment is not other justified, the Supreme Court held.
In the insta.....
Tags : bus conductor, criminal breach of trust, labour
International Cases
Labour Court has concurrent jurisdiction with civil courts to hear and determine any matter concerning a contract of employment(18.09.2019)
The narrow issue in present appeal is whether the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg, had the jurisdiction to determine the Appellant’s .....
Tags : Salary, Labour Court, Jurisdiction
Top Story
Online portal PENCIL launched by Union Government for effective implementation of National Child Labour Project(26.09.2017)
Child labour is a social evil which hampers development of future generation of society and deprives children of their childhood. Poverty and illitera.....
Tags : Child labour, Portal, Launch
Kerala’s attempt to regulate hartals, legislate world peace next(05.02.2016)
Public comment on Kerala’s Regulation of Hartal Bill, 2015 remained di.....
Tags : Kerala, hartal, bill, 2016, strike, labour
News
Karnataka HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction to State/Union Govt to Transport Migrant Labourers(22.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has rejected a Petition filed by an agriculturist seeking directions to the State Government to screen the migrant labourers who .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Transport Migrant Labourers
Madras HC: Frame Action Plan to Stop Bonded Labour(20.12.2016)
Madras High Court, concerned with poor conviction rate of offenders facing trial for forced bonded labour, has directed Tamil Nadu Government to appoi.....
Tags : Madras High Court, bonded labour
Govt Eases Compliance Burden Under Labour Laws(27.02.2017)
Government has simplified maintenance of Labour registers related to details of employees, their salaries, loans/recoveries, attendance etc by establi.....
Tags : Labour Laws, Compliance
Govt. Amends Employees Insurance Norms to Increase Wage Ceiling From Rs 15,000 to Rs 21,000 P/M(05.01.2017)
Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified amendments to Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 to increase wage ceiling from INR 15,000.....
Tags : Ministry of Labour and Employment, Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950
Government Makes 'Aadhaar' Mandatory for Members & Pensioners of EPS & MGNREGA(06.01.2017)
Ministry of Labour & Employment and Ministry of Rural Development have made ‘Aadhaar’ mandatory for members and pensioners of Employees’ Pension Schem.....
Tags : Ministry of Labour & Employment, Ministry of Rural Development, Employees’ Pension Scheme, MGNREGA
CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Imposes Fine on Couple and Asks to Plant 100 Trees for Child Labour(05.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has agreed to quash a complaint against a couple, who had employed a minor for household work, and directed them to plant 100 trees a.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Child Labour
Karnataka High Court Acquits All Accused in Hangarahalli ‘Bonded Labour’ Case(13.01.2017)
Karnataka High Court has acquitted a stone crushing unit proprietor and three others accused in Hangarahalli ‘bonded labour’ case that had hit headlin.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Bonded Labour’, Hangarahalli
J&K&L HC: Rs. 500 Annual Wage to School Employee is Forced Labour(21.09.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that payment of wages at the rate of Rs. 500 per year since 1998 to a government school employee is c.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Wage, Forced Labour
SC: Force/Compulsion Must be Established to Attract Offence Under Bonded Labour System Act(23.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that for attracting the provision of Section 16 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, the prosecution must establi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bonded Labour, Force/Compelled
Gujarat HC Directs Labour Court to Re-Examine Order Refusing Interest to Workers(25.07.2022)
Gujarat High Court while stating that Courts have a duty to interpret statutes with social welfare to further the statutory goal, has directed the Lab.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Labour Court, Social Welfare
Centre Issues Clarifications Regarding Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017(14.04.2017)
Ministry of Labour and Employment, while releasing a set of clarifications w.r.t. Maternity Act'17, has said that Act is applicable to contractual or .....
Tags : Ministry of Labour and Employment, Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
Kerala HC: To be Poor is Not a Crime(09.01.2023)
Kerala High Court while ordering release of two children who were sent to shelter home for alleged forced child labour, has held that children helping.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Shelter Home, Child Labour
Notifications & Circulars
Improving working conditions of labourers through reform in Labour Laws(09.08.2017)
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken a number of legislative initiatives in labour laws during the last 3 years. Such initiatives include: .....
Tags : Labourers, Working condition, Improvement
Supreme Court Slaps Rs. 5 lakhs Exemplary Cost on HSCLCFL for Abusing Judicial Process(05.05.2017)
Supreme Court has ordered Haryana State Cooperative Labour and Construction Federation Ltd. (HSCLCFL) to pay exemplary costs of Rs. 5 lakhs for “abuse.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Haryana State Cooperative Labour and Construction Federation Ltd
SC Seeks Explanation on Plan for Spending Rs 27,000 crore on Welfare of Construction Workers(07.09.2015)
Supreme Court has summoned Union Labour Secretary to appear in person and explain plans to spend the money collected through a cess, irked over dis- s.....
Tags : Supreme Court ,Union Labour
Ministry of Labour & Employment Mandates Aadhar Information for Social Security Benefits(06.05.2021)
Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorgan.....
Tags : Ministry of Labour & Employment, Aadhar Information for Social Security Benefits
India Ratifies Two More ILO Pacts to End Child Labour(19.06.2017)
India has ratified International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) two conventions on child labour reaffirming its commitment for a child labour free India.
Tags : International Labour Organisation, child labour
Supreme Court Defines Tests to Find Out Whether Contract Labourers are Direct Employees or Not?(12.06.2019)
Supreme Court has observed while applying tests laid down by precedents for determining whether a contract labourer is a direct employee or not has qu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contract Labourers
AAR Kerala:Labour Services Availed by Forest Department for Environment Protection Exempted from GST(04.07.2019)
Authority of Advance Ruling, Kerala has held that supply of providing labour services for setting up fire lines in forests, Labour services for planta.....
Tags : AAR Kerala, Labour Services
Digital Signature based Online Registration of Establishments launched(24.11.2015)
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched Digital Signature based Online Registration of Establishments. The system requires employers register.....
Tags : Labour, epfo, digital signature, registration
Code on Wages Bill 2017(05.09.2017)
As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code .....
Tags : Wages Bill, Labour law, Reforms
ILO recommendations on transition from informal to formal economy approved(06.01.2016)
The Union Cabinet has approved presenting before Parliament the International Labour Organization’s Recommendations (No. 204) concering ‘Tags : Labour laws, Compliance, Ease of
Global Conventions on Child Labour(24.07.2017)
After the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, Government has recently ratified the International Labour Orga.....
Tags : Child Labour, Convention, Global
All. HC: Interest Can’t be Awarded by Labour Court In Proc. for Money Recovery from Empl. u/s 33C(2)(23.04.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that in a proceeding under Section 33C(2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, law does not empower a Labour Court to grant.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Labour Court, Section 33C(2) of ID Act
Delhi High Court Seeks Report on Efforts to Rehabilitate Bonded Labourers(11.04.2018)
Delhi High Court has ordered the Labour Ministry, Police and New Delhi government to report on efforts to rehabilitate people rescued from bonded labo.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Bonded Labour
Allahabad HC Issues Notice to UP Govt on PIL Challenging Relaxation of Labour Laws(15.05.2020)
Allahabad High Court has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government in a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Government order for relaxation.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Relaxation of Labour Laws
Allahabad HC Disposes PIL As 'Infructuous' as UP Govt Withdraws Dilution of Labour Laws(20.05.2020)
Allahabad High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's order for relaxation of certain labour re.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Dilution of Labour Laws
Labour Court Can Examine Charges on Merits Only if Domestic Enquiry Is Held Illegal: SC(24.09.2018)
Supreme Court has held, while upholding the dismissal of a bank employee who was found drunk during duty, that labour court can examine charges on mer.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Labour Court
Government to Fix Minimum Wage Rate for Unskilled Agricultural Labour(02.11.2016)
Labour Ministry has decided to fix minimum wage at Rs 350 per day for Unskilled Agricultural Labour in C-class towns in central sphere to be effective.....
Tags : Labour Ministry, minimum wage, Unskilled Agricultural Labour
NHRC Issues Notice to Centre Over Anti-Labour Practices at a Warehouse of a Multi-National Company(20.06.2024)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Centre over anti-labour practices at one of the ware-houses of a multi-national company.....
Tags : NHRC, Anti-Labour Practices, Multi-National Company
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour) Amendment Rules, 2021(28.06.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 218A read with section 457 of the
Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), the Central Government, ha.....
Tags : Merchant Shipping, Maritime Labour
Restriction on EPF withdrawal(05.05.2016)
The Minister for Labour and Employment outlined the restrictions on withdrawal of funds from the Employees Provident Fund Scheme. Instances when withd.....
Tags : Employees provident fund, withdrawal, labour and industrial
Rajasthan sets minimum wage for informal labourers(01.02.2016)
The Department of Labour in Rajasthan has notified minimum wages for workers partaking in informal labour. The notification covers a wide variety of t.....
Tags : Rajasthan, minimum wage, informal labour, domestic
Launching of Pencil Portal to Eliminate Child Labour(27.12.2017)
Government has developed an online portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) which was launched on 26.9.2017. The purpose.....
Tags : Pencil Portal, Launch, Eliminate Child Labour
SC Dismisses Plea for Restraining Landlords from Demanding Rent from Students/ Labour Class(06.05.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to direct the Centre to implement the Home Ministry order requiring landlords to abstain from compelling students and labour.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rent from Students/ Labour Class
Gujarat HC: Employer Liable to Pay Wages to Workman Against Labour Court's Reinstatement Order(20.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has reiterated that when a Labour Court directs reinstatement of any workman and the employer prefers any proceedings against such .....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Labour Court, reinstatement
Government proposes harder fight against bonded labour(17.05.2016)
The central government announced proposals to make the Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour Scheme more effective. The scheme now envisages an increase in .....
Tags : Bonded labour, rehabilitation, corpus, financial assistance
Overlapping/Conflict between Central and State Labour Laws(07.12.2016)
The 'Labour' is a subject included in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The concept of "Appropriate Government.....
Tags : Conflict, Labour Laws, Centre-state