Search Results for Tag : Wage
International Cases
Tribunal has no jurisdiction to interpret agreement, it can only amend statutory statement to ensure that, it corresponds with agreement(04.06.2017)
Claimant in present claim complained that, he had suffered an unlawful deduction from wages arising out of Respondent discontinuing its practice, afte.....
Tags : Wages, Deduction, Jurisdiction
Notifications & Circulars
Government Clarification on Amendment to Payment of Wages Act(21.12.2016)
It is seen from the media reports that there is a general impression that is being created that the Government is bringing an amendment to the Payment.....
Tags : Wages Act, Amendment, Clarification
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
Cabinet approves Wage Policy for the 8th Round of Wage Negotiations for workmen in Central Public Sector Enterprises(22.11.2017)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Wage Policy for the 8th Round of Wage Negotiations for workmen in Centr.....
Tags : Wage policy, Approval, Wage Negotiations, Workmen
EPFO extends five months time for Employers to upload wage details etc. regarding Pension on Higher Wages(03.01.2024)
Earlier an online facility was made available by EPFO for submitting Applications for Validation of Option /Joint Options for pension on higher wages......
Tags : Wage details, Time, Extension
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
Paternity Leave for male bank employees(08.03.2016)
Male bank employees with fewer than two surviving children are eligible for 15 days of paternity leave. During their wife’s confinement, male employee.....
Tags : Paternity leave, wage negotiation settlement
Central government outlay for conserving Bengaluru’s lakes(14.06.2016)
Collaboration between the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Environment Ministry will see round-the-clock online monitoring of all sewage trea.....
Tags : bangalore, sewage, pollution, lake
Judgments
Regularization by management gives no right to retrenched employee to claim re-employment(02.01.2019)
Present appeal is directed against the final judgment passed by the High Court whereby the Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the appeal filed.....
Tags : Reinstatement, Back wages, Validity
Authority has the power to impose the penalty, once breaches alleged against employer are proved(07.01.2019)
Two persons, filed their claim petitions before the competent authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 ("the Act") against the Appellant. In these .....
Tags : Wages, Payment, Direction
Date of filing of affidavit is not starting point from when workman would become entitled to receive last drawn full wages(05.11.2019)
The grievance of the Appellant, who appears in person, is that under Section 17B of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, he was entitled to payment of the l.....
Tags : Wages, Payment, Right to receive
The principle of 'No Work No Pay' cannot be made applicable in extraordinary circumstances prevailing in the country due to the pandemic of COVID-19(12.05.2020)
By present petition, the Petitioner Union has made a grievance that, after the lock-down has been effected and though the members of the Petitioner Un.....
Tags : Wages, Payment, Direction
Without prior adjudication of workmen’s disputed claim, proceedings for computation of difference of wages not maintainable under Section 33(C)(2) of ID Act(04.02.2022)
In present matter, the Respondent No.2 moved an application before the Labour Court under Section 33(C)(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 demand.....
Tags : Wages, Adjudication, Jurisdiction
Interim orders are always subject to the final decision(12.12.2022)
The employee – workman has preferred the present appeal feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with impugned judgment passed by the High Court by which, t.....
Tags : Reinstatement, Wages, Entitlement
News
Ensure Sewage or Untreated Water Not Used for Crops: Bombay HC(01.05.2019)
Bombay High Court has directed Railways to ensure that sewage or untreated water is not used for irrigation and cultivation of vegetables on land alon.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Sewage Water, Railways
Categorizing Unskilled Employees As Semi-Skilled on Basis of Their Experience is Ultra Vires: SC(02.05.2019)
Supreme Court has held that categorization of unskilled employees as semiskilled and semi-skilled as skilled on the basis of their experience in the n.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Minimum Wages Act, Skilled Employees
Bombay HC Directs CIDCO for Payment of Wages to Gardeners(14.05.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra for making gardeners work during the lockdown without pa.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Payment of Wages to Gardeners
Delhi High Court Directs NDMC to Pay Wages to Workmen Within 4 Weeks(02.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to provide monthly wages to the workmen in compliance of its earlier order dated 2.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Payment of Wages to Workmen
Gujarat High Court: Past Service of Daily Wagers to Qualify for Pension(05.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that past services of the daily wagers where they have completed 240 days of continuous service under Section 25B of t.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, daily-wagers, past services, 240 days of continuous service, Section 25B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, pension
AAAR, Maharashtra: No GST Payable on Sewage Treatment Plant(12.04.2022)
Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling, Maharashtra has observed that sewage treatment plants are exempted from the Goods and Service tax.
Tags : Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling, sewage treatment plants, goods and service tax
SC Says 'No' to Plea Seeking Revision of Govt’s Notification on Wages of Nurses(22.05.2018)
Supreme Court has refused to stay a notification dated April 23 issued by the Government of Kerala revising the minimum rates of wages payable to the .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Minimum Wages
Employee Not Entitled to Full Back Wages on Acquittal, Unless Prosecution Found Malicious: SC(02.04.2019)
Supreme Court has held that the employer cannot be mulcted with full back wages on the acquittal of an employee by a criminal Court, unless it is foun.....
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SC Asks Centre About Steps Taken for Payment of Minimum Wages to Migrants(14.04.2020)
Supreme Court has asked the Centre to update status on a batch of Petitions concerning the plight of migrant workers who had been rendered unemployed .....
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Karnataka HC Upholds Wage Revisions Notified by Government in 37 Sectors(16.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has upheld the decision of the State Government to revise the amount of minimum wages to be paid to employees in 37 sectors of em.....
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Karnataka HC Upholds 487.20% Rise in Doctors' Minimum Wages(20.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has upheld the wage revisions of 487.20% rise in doctor’s wages notified by the Government stating that the concept of minimum wa.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Doctor's Minimum Wage
Cal. HC: WB Government Directed to Finalise Minimum Wage of Tea Plantation Workers Within Six Weeks(17.04.2024)
Calcutta High Court has directed the State of West Bengal to decide the issue of minimum wages of tea plantation workers under the Minimum Wages Act, .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, State of West Bengal, Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Definition of "employee" includes workers engaged either directly or indirectly in connection with work of establishment and are paid wages(24.07.2019)
In facts of present case, the Respondent Company engaged women workers who were provided with cut fabric, thread, buttons, etc. to be made into garmen.....
Tags : Employees, Status, Wages
Cal. HC to State: Finalize Minimum Wage for Tea Plantation Workers in 6 Months(03.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court while upholding the advisory dated 27th April 2023, issued by State Labour Commissioner hiking interim minimum wage for tea planta.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Minimum Wage, Tea Plantation Workers
NGT Bench Recuses Itself from Hearing Pleas over Volkswagen Vehicles(24.12.2015)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bench, headed by Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, has recused itself from hearing pleas seeking ban on manufacture a.....
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Daily Wagers Entitled to Minimum Wages Applicable to Regular Employees: Supreme Court(15.11.2018)
Supreme Court has reiterated that temporary employees are entitled to draw wages at the minimum of the pay scales which are applicable to the regular .....
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Rajasthan HC Directs State Govt. to Take Steps to Revise Wages as Per SC Judgment(07.09.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has declared that non revision of the wages payable to the prisoners for last five years is ex facie violative of the provisions .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Revision of Wages
Rajasthan Govt. Sets Up Minimum Wages for Domestic Help(01.02.2016)
Rajasthan Government, while enforcing labour reforms in the unorganised sector, has fixed minimum wages for domestic help and set limits to their work.....
Tags : Rajasthan Government, Minimum Wages for Domestic Help
Supreme Court Directs Centre to Pay Wages to Army Porters(04.01.2017)
Supreme Court has directed Centre to pay wages to 12,000 civilian porters working for Indian Army on par with lowest pay-scale given to army's multi-t.....
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Del. HC to State: Don’t Publish Jobs on Rozgar Portal Which Don’t Comply with Minimum Wages Act(20.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that no advertisement is published on the Rozgar Bazaar portal which is non-compliant wit.....
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Del. HC to State: Don’t Publish Jobs on Rozgar Portal Which Don’t Comply with Minimum Wages Act(20.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that no advertisement is published on the Rozgar Bazaar portal which is non-compliant wit.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Rozgar Portal, Minimum Wages
NGT to Volkswagen: Don't Sell Cars With 'Cheat Device'(07.01.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed German automobile major Volkswagen not to sell any diesel vehicle in India fitted with "cheat device" and g.....
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President Promulgates Payment of Wages Ordinance(29.12.2016)
President of India has promulgated Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016.
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Delhi High Court Stays 25% Wage Cut of Convicts in Delhi Jails(04.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has put on hold a practice in Tihar jail under which 25% of the wages of prisoners is deducted for a victim compensation fund.
Tags : Delhi High Court, 25% Wage Cut of Convicts
Take Action on Sewage Disposal Issue in Villages: P&H HC to State(10.12.2018)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab Government to take a policy decision regarding need to ensure proper disposal of sewage in villages .....
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Kerala High Court Urges Complete Abolition of Gawking Wages in the State(06.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has condemned the ongoing practice of charging 'gawking wages' in the State despite a Government Order in 2018 to abolish the same. .....
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NGT Imposes a fine of Rs. 100 Crores on Volkswagen for Emission of Nitrogen Oxide(18.01.2019)
National Green Tribunal has imposed a penalty of Rs.100 crores on Volkswagen India on finding that its vehicles emitted nitrogen oxide beyond permissi.....
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Supreme Court Gives Respite to Volkswagen for Delay in Depositing Rs. 100 Crore Penalty(22.01.2019)
Supreme Court has said the National Green Tribunal would not take any punitive action against Volkswagen for delay in depositing Rs. 100 crore.
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Delhi High Court: Deduction in Prisoners Wages for Victim Fund not Wrong if Allowed under Law(22.11.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that there is nothing wrong with deducting wages of prisoners for victim welfare fund provided it is permitted under the.....
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SC Issues Notice on SLPs Against Kerala High Court Judgment on Minimum Wages Rules(11.12.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notices on two special leave petitions filed against a judgment of the Kerala High Court dealing with amendments brought to t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Amendments to Kerala Minimum Wages Rules
Ker. HC: Daily Wage Employee Entitled to Subsistence Allowance During Suspension(05.09.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that a daily wage driver is an employee under Section 2(a) of the Kerala Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1972,.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Subsistence Allowance, Daily Wage, Suspension
Supreme Court Permits Delhi Govt to Notify Higher Minimum Wages for Workers(18.10.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld the Delhi Government''s March 2017 notification that announced a 37 per cent hike in minimum wages for workers. The Delhi Hig.....
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SC Dismisses Plea of Skoda-Volkswagen Seeking to Quash FIR Over Alleged Cheat Emission Devices(26.11.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by international car manufacturer Skoda-Volkswagen seeking to quash a First Information R.....
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No Pumping of Secondary Treated Water from Sewage Treatment Plants to Irrigation Tanks: SC to State(08.01.2019)
Supreme Court has stayed Karnataka High Court order which permitted the Government to pump secondary treated water from Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sewage Treatment Plants to Irrigation Tanks
SC: Reinstatement with Full Back Wages Not Automatic in Every Case(21.09.2021)
Supreme Court has reiterated that reinstatement with full back wages is not automatic in every case, where termination / dismissal is found to be not .....
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Kerala High Court to State: Publish Notification on Minimum Wages for Nurses(05.04.2018)
Kerala High Court has allowed the State government to publish the notification on the minimum wages for nurses working in private hospitals in the Sta.....
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Kerala HC Upholds Amendment That Prescribed Payment of Minimum Wages Through Bank(11.04.2018)
Kerala High Court has upheld the amendment brought in by the state government stipulating payment of minimum wages through bank accounts to employees .....
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SERVICE - Special Allowances Part of Basic Wages: SC(01.03.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that employers cannot segregate 'special allowances' from basic wages and must include it for calculation of provident fund (P.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Basic Wages, EPF
Delhi High Court Declines to Stay Aam Aadmi Party Government’s Minimum Wage Notification(14.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has declined to stay the Aam Aadmi Party Government’s decision to enhance the minimum wages to be paid to workers in the city. The Co.....
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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.....
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Bombay High Court Seeks Status Report On Installation of Sewage Treatment Plants(14.02.2017)
Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to reply at what stage is installation of sewage treatment plants.
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President Assents Law to Pay Wages Via Cheque, E-Transfer(20.02.2017)
President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 which enables employers to pay wages to workers through cheque o.....
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ENVIRONMENT - NGT Imposes Fine of Rs. 500 Cr on Volkswagen for Cheating Emission Tests(07.03.2019)
National Green Tribunal has slapped a cost of Rs. 500 crore as damages on German automobile major Volkswagen while holding it guilty of causing enviro.....
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Kerala High Court Strikes Down Rule Mandating E-Payment of Wages(30.01.2020)
Kerala High Court has struck down Rule 21A (2) of the Kerala Minimum Wages Rules, 2019 which mandated the payment of wages electronically through bank.....
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NGT Slaps ?35 Cr Penalty on J&K Admin for Doodh Ganga Pollution(17.10.2022)
National Green Tribunal has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 Crore on the Jammu & Kashmir administration for failing to prevent the discharge of untreated s.....
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ITAT: Cess Received By Trust From Milk Societies, Not Voluntary; Can't Be Corpus Donation(17.10.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has held that the Cess received by a trust from the milk supplying societies, against the sales made by them .....
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Delegation of Work Shall not Lead to Arbitrary Reduction of Contract Wages(22.01.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that contract wages of employees cannot be reduced arbitrarily and illegally in case of delegation of work.
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Contract Wages, Arbitrary Reduction
Minimum Wage for Contract Workers Increases to Rs 10,000(26.04.2016)
Government has said that minimum wage for contract workers has been increased to Rs 10,000 per month.
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Delhi HC Stays Wage Hike Call, Agrees to Evaluate Decision Next Week(08.03.2017)
Delhi HC, while staying operation of Delhi Government’s order on revised minimum wages, has directed Government "not to take any coercive action" in m.....
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Cal. HC: Illegal Entry Without Anti-National Material Not Attempt to Wage War Against India(16.11.2022)
Calcutta High Court while commuting death sentence of 4 LeT members who were apprehended by BSF whilst attempting to illegally cross border into India.....
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Gauhati HC Allows Tea Estate Owners to Decide on Daily Wages of Plantation Workers(18.03.2021)
Gauhati High Court has allowed tea estate owners in Assam to decide if they want to follow the State government’s order on increasing the daily wages .....
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NGT Directs UP Chief Secretary to Comply with Orders on Discharge of Untreated Sewage(22.03.2021)
National Green Tribunal has asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to comply with Tribunal's previous orders to evolve mechanism to deal with discharge o.....
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Karnataka HC Urges State to Provide Food Packets to Daily Wage Employees Affected Due to Coronavirus(24.03.2020)
Karnataka High Court has urged the State Government to provide food packets to daily wage employees who may be deprived of earnings due to the spread .....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Look Into Lack of Food Security for Daily Wage Workers(27.03.2020)
Karnataka High Court has asked the State Government to urgently look into the issue of lack of food security to daily wage workers, migrant workers an.....
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MP HC: Length of Service & Conduct Relevant Considerations While Granting Back Wages(06.02.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that length of service of an employee and the conduct of the employer is also required to be seen, while granting b.....
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SC: Deemed Income of Homemaker Can’t Be Less Than Daily Wages Prescribed Under Minimum Wages Act(23.02.2024)
Supreme Court while granting compensation of Rs. 6 Lakh for the death of a woman, has held that the deceased was a homemaker, her direct and indirect .....
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SC: Wages Withheld Due To Disciplinary Action Can’t Be Restored Under Payment of Wages Act(07.06.2017)
Supreme Court has held that prescribed authority under Payment of Wages Act(PWA) is not an appellate authority in disciplinary proceedings and therefo.....
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Top Court: No Coercive Action Against Volkswagen Over Emission Fiasco(06.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that no coercive action will be taken against German auto major Volkswagen against whom the National Green Tribunal has imp.....
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Supreme Court Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Karnataka’s State Officer(07.01.2022)
Supreme Court has stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary for non-compliance with the High Court orde.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contempt Of Court, Regularisation Of Daily Wage Workers
Deduction of 50% of Wages From Prisoners Unconstitutional: Madras HC(07.02.2019)
Madras High Court has held that Rule 481 of Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983 is unconstitutional to the extent it provides for deduction of 50% of the wa.....
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Deduction of 50% of Wages From Prisoners Unconstitutional: Madras HC(08.02.2019)
Madras High Court has held that Rule 481 of Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983 is unconstitutional to extent it provides for deduction of 50% of the wages .....
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Delhi HC Directs on Repairing Works of Sewage and Water Pipelines Passing Through Cemetery(02.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Jal Board to immediately commence repairing work of the sewage and water pipelines passing through a cemetery .....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea for Revision of Wages of Palledars Working in Agricultural Markets(02.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea concerning the issue of non-revision of wages payable to Palledars or head load workers, employed in city.....
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Jharkhand HC: Wages to Include Privileges or Benefits that Can be Measured in Terms of Money(07.02.2022)
Jharkhand High Court has held that wages under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 include privileges or benefits that can be measured in terms of mo.....
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Delhi HC Seeks AIIMS Reply on Plea Seeking Construction of Sewage Treatment Plan(10.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought the reply of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on a plea seeking that the construction of a sewage treatment.....
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Why Welfare Funds Not Used to Pay Wages: Delhi HC to State(12.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has asked centre and state to explain why funds collected for the welfare of construction workers are not used to pay daily wages dur.....
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Kerala HC Directs State To Revise Minimum Wages Of Nurses In Private Sector(24.01.2023)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to revise the minimum wage of nurses working in the private sector in the State. The Court has dir.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, minimum wage, 3 months
Delhi HC Notices AAP Govt Over Plea For Statutory Minimum Wages(13.07.2017)
Delhi High Court sought to know the stand of Arvind Kejriwal led- AAP government on a petition seeking enforcement of statutory minimum wages.
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Bombay HC: Managements at Liberty to Deduct Wages of Workers Who Remain Absent(01.05.2020)
Bombay High Court has allowed employers to deduct wages of workers who remain absent from work in areas, where the lockdown has been lifted.
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Guj. HC: Terminated Employee Not Automatically Entitled to Back Wages Upon Acquittal(15.03.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that when an employee is terminated due to criminal prosecution against him, he is not automatically entitled to back wage.....
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Madras HC Prohibits State Government to Drain Sewage Water into Amaravathi River(06.10.2016)
Madras HC has restrained State Government, from letting sewage into Amaravathi River which joins the Cauvery before the water is pumped out for the dr.....
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ESIC Raises Wage Threshold to Rs. 21,000(07.09.2016)
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has raised monthly wage threshold to Rs 21,000, from the current Rs 15,000, for coverage under its healt.....
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Delhi High Court Quashes Govt. Notification Revising Minimum Wage(06.08.2018)
Delhi High Court has quashed AAP government order revising the minimum wages for all classes of workmen in scheduled employment, opining that the same.....
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SC Seeks Govt’s Reply on Wages of MSME Workers by May 15(12.05.2020)
Supreme Court has sought the Union government’s response in Petitions on whether Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) workers voluntarily absta.....
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Karnataka HC: Daily Wage Employees Entitled to Dearness Allowance at 100%(14.06.2021)
Karnataka High Court has declared that daily wage employees who are covered under the Karnataka Daily Wage Employees Welfare Act, 2012 were entitled t.....
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Rajya Sabha Passes Code on Wages Bill, 2019(05.08.2019)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which allows the Centre to set a minimum statutory wage, a move expected to benefit 500 million w.....
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Govt Increases Wage Ceiling Under Payment of Wages Act From 18,000 To 24,000(31.08.2017)
Ministry of Labour and Employment has specified Rupees Twenty Four Thousand per month as the wages under sub-section (6) of section 1 of the Payment o.....
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MP HC: Govt. to Convene Meetings for Classification of Min. Wages According to Region & Industry(05.08.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to convene meetings with all stakeholders to consider classification of minimum wages regi.....
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Madras HC: Terminated Employee Entitled to Back Wages till Submission of Inquiry Report(21.11.2016)
Madras High Court has stated that a bank employee terminated from service is entitled to have back wages till inquiry report is submitted to him.
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Bombay HC: Denial of Due Wages Infringes Upon Right of Workman(21.08.2020)
Bombay High Court has held that financial difficulties faced by employers can be no ground for non-payment of due wages to workers. The Court has furt.....
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NGT Pulls Up Delhi Jal Board for Failing to Control Odour from Sewage Treatment Plant(13.07.2021)
National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Jal Board for its failure to prevent and control bad odour from a Sewage Treatment Plant in Delhi's Ko.....
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ITAT: Refund of Sewage Tax Constitute ‘Business Income’(23.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench has held that the refund of sewage tax would be assessed as business income as the same was earlier.....
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SC to J&K Govt.: Clear Wage Arrears of Sweepers Within 8 Weeks(26.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to clear the arrears of minimum wage of sweepers who have been sustaining at a mon.....
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NGT: No Clearance For Projects Without Waste & Sewage Management Plan(16.01.2017)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that any development project, which is bound to generate waste and sewage, should not be granted clearance unle.....
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Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against Skoda Auto Volkswagen for Installing 'Cheat Devices'(07.10.2020)
Allahabad High Court has refused to quash a First Information Report registered against Skoda Auto Volkswagen, in connection to the alleged installati.....
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P&H HC: Work-Week of 5 Days Cannot be Assumed by Government Employees(09.08.2024)
P&H High Court while disposing of plea by Government employees seeking extra wages for working on Saturdays, has observed that Government employees ca.....
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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.....
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No Automatic Back Wages Upon Reinstatement By Court, Holds Supreme Court(21.09.2018)
Supreme Court has held that back wages could not be awarded by the court as of right to the workman consequent upon setting aside of his dismissal/ter.....
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Bombay HC: MHA Order on Payment of Wages Not Applicable to Unemployed Workers(14.07.2020)
Bombay High Court has held that order passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 directing all States and Un.....
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SC: Must Establish Employee wasn’t Gainfully Employeed During Dismissal Period to Claim Back Wages(07.07.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in order to claim back wages, the initial burden is on the employee to come out with the case that he was not gainfully em.....
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Kerala HC: Determine Notional Income of Ordinary Worker on the Basis of Fair Wages(15.11.2024)
Kerala High Court has observed that while awarding compensation for motor accidents, notional income of ordinary worker must be determined on the basi.....
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