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Global labour mobility is no longer restricted to the physical migration of labour. With changing work structure and the evolving labour market coupled with technological advancements...

By way of a circular dated 27 July 2022 (New Circular), the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) issued a clarification on the status of student-trainees...

The timely disbursement of retiral dues and salary arrears is not a matter of administrative discretion but a legally enforceable right flowing from service jurisprudence and constitutional guarantees.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 should ideally cover within its ambit women who are employed on a contractual basis.

In Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India and Others (2026 INSC 246), the Supreme Court of India (Court) held that Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security...

Labour welfare and skill development department of the Government of Tamil Nadu has recently issued a notification under the Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act...

This Circular, further to the Ministry of Labour and Employment (Ministry) direction dated 12 January 2016 (Direction), is aimed at incentivising start-ups by easing their compliance requirements.

Such influential employees can also help cultivate a positive and ethical work environment within organizations.

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was aimed towards providing the workers a path that would help them get a relief against wrongful dismissal, layoffs, and related matters.

They say nothing comes easy and there is a tag to everything. The same holds true for seeking the protection of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 (SHWA).

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has circulated a draft Bill via letter dated August 23, 2019, proposing certain amendments to the Employees' Provident Funds and...

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has circulated a draft bill via letter dated August 23, 2019 (Draft Bill).

The scales of justice reflect the challenges facing law-makers in the context of labour and employment laws. Balancing the interests of employers and employees is difficult.

The Haryana Labour Department has issued a comprehensive notification aimed at ensuring the safety...

In the case of M/s. Armstrong Design and Acmite India Manufacturing Private Limited v. The Assistant Labour Commissioner, a petition was filed before the Karnataka High Court...

Whether disputes relating to a lock-in period in employment contracts are arbitrable in terms of the Arbitration Act?

The Government of Maharashtra, vide notification dated 7 September 2017 (First Notification), had notified the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act 2017.

In September 2017, pursuant to enactment of Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, a bill known as the Paternity Benefit Bill, 2018 ("PB Bill")