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The Petitioner, a co-operative housing society had engaged Respondent No. 1 as a watchman.

A doctor who quietly faced a sexual-harassment inquiry for almost a year discovered, after the panel held him guilty, that he could object to the very composition of the panel. On 14 October 2025 a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court (Ravindra V Ghuge & Ashwin D Bhobe JJ.) told him the train had already left the station

On September 16, 2026, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Labour & Employment (“L&E Ministry”) to increase the wage ceiling for mandatory coverage under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation ("EPFO") from INR 15,000 per month to INR 25,000 per month (“Amendment”).

The Apex Court, vide its order dated December 15, 2020, in Steel Authority of India Limited vs. Raghbendra Singh & Ors1, propounded that there does not exist ...

In-house counsel employed by corporations are not entitled to attorney-client privilege due to their employment status and lack of professional independence, says the Supreme Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has quashed charges against Satyaswarup Meshram...

In India, contract labourers are protected by the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition Act), 1970.

The Notification comes after the Government of Goa did away with the restriction imposed by the Factories Act on the state government while varying the limit on the working hours for women.

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court resolved a long-standing dispute between JK Jute Mill Mazdoor Morcha and Juggilal Kamlapat Jute Mills Company Limited by allowing registered trade unions ...

In this case, the Supreme Court ("SC"), vide, its' judgment dated December 14,2023, held that merely because a workman was suspended, it cannot claim immunity from the rules and regulations of the organisation...

It can be considered to be an exemplary case, Frustrated over bad leave policy and long working hours, employees of leading Information Technology companies...

The Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018 ("Amendment Act") has brought about significant amendments to the Specific Relief Act, 1963 ("Act") ...

The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 has been enforced with the view of regulating the employment of women in certain establishment for certain period before and after child-birth and to provide them with maternity benefit and certain other benefits.

The threshold for applicability of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (now subsumed under the OSH Code) has been increased from 20 or more workers to 50 or more workers...

A decade after the passage of the POSH Act, implementation and enforcement of the Act is still inadequate. The Supreme Court of India recently expressed...

The Supreme Court of India has issued guidelines on appropriate and inclusive language, as well as fighting gender stereotypes.

India as a welfare state has enacted various labour laws in order to ensure the protection and promotion of the social and economic status of workers and the elimination of their exploitation.