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The Bombay High Court recently held that the principal employer’s liability in case of accidental death/injury of contractor’s employee is limited to the compensation amount under Section 12 of the Employee Compensation Act and does not include penalty and interest for default. “…for failure to comply with statutory obligation on the part of the employer… Continue reading Principal Employer Not Liable For Interest/ Penalty On Delayed Compensation For Accident/ Death Of Contractor’s Employee: Bombay High Court

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, July 12: The High Court has held that the Government can terminate a temporary employee from the services without holding detailed regular departmental enquiry against him and dismissed the plea of challenging the termination order against a contractual employee.The petitioner-Abid Ahmad Ganai had challenged the order and communication issued by the concerned authority,… Continue reading Temporary employee can be terminated without enquiry: HC

Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract. The ruling pointed to what a judge called the “new reality in Canadian society” that courts would have to confront as more people express themselves… Continue reading A Canada court rules that thumbs-up emoji counts as a contract agreement

The Supreme Court while hearing an appeal challenging the order of the Bombay High Court, dismissed the Appeal on the grounds of failure to establish the nature of the employee-employer relationship and inexplicable delay in filing the claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923. A Bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Rajesh Bindal… Continue reading Workmen’s Compensation Act: Proving Relationship Of Employee-Employer Is Essential: SC In Case Of Accidental Death

An employee so reinstated would have to prove that he was not gainfully employed during the relevant period in order to claim back wages, the Court said. The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated that an order to reinstate an employee back to service does not mean that the reinstated employee would also be automatically entitled… Continue reading Employee terminated from service not automatically entitled to back wages on reinstatement: Supreme Court

Date : 03.07.23 F. No. P-11/12/Wage Ceiling/2023-Rev.II Memorandum pursuant to the nomination of Employer’s and Employee’s representative by the Honorable Chairman, Corporation to examine the issue of enhancement of wage ceiling for coverage under the ESI Act, the Director General, ESIC has been pleased to constitute a committee comprising of following members to examine the… Continue reading Committee appointed to examine wage ceiling under ESI Act

The Gauhati High Court recently held that the burden to prove that one is a ‘workman’ covered by the Industrial Disputes Act, lies on the employee making such a claim and not the management of the organisation [Inudstrial Cooperative Bank Ltd and anr vs State of Assam and ors.]. Justice Suman Shyam made the observation… Continue reading Industrial Disputes Act: Burden To Prove ‘Workman’ Status Is On Employee, Not Management, Rules Gauhati High Court

The Centre has decided to delay nationwide roll-out of the labour law reforms till after the 2024 general elections. Though indications were there of further delay in the implementation of the four labour codes passed by Parliament as early as in September 2020, a section of the industry was hopeful that the government would try… Continue reading Roll-out of labour codes unlikely before 2024 polls

Mr. Anant Singhania, President, IMC in his welcome address said “It is rightly said that employee management is both an art and science. It is an art because it involves creativity and innovative ways of engaging employees, motivating them for constantly looking for acquiring new skills and developing relationship of trust and loyalty with the… Continue reading Employee Management-Modern Days Challenges and Solution

The Supreme Court recently took note of practical difficulties which arise in labour disputes, as most cases of workers are filed through the labour unions without mentioning their own permanent addresses. Hence, in many cases, notices are served on the Union, and if the Union is not interested in pursuing the matter, the affected worker… Continue reading In Labour Cases, Workers Should Furnish Their Own Permanent Address Instead Of Union’s; Service Of Notice Should Be On Worker : Supreme Court