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The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, vide notification dated August 7, 2025 ("Delhi Exemption 2025"), has exempted...

The Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana is a government initiative aimed at promoting employment generation and workforce formalisation in India. By providing targeted incentives to both employers and employees...

The POSH Act stands as a significant legislative shield against sexual harassment of women at workplaces. It sets out a prescriptive redressal mechanism for complaint resolution.

The Madras High Court ("Madras HC") in its recent judgement MRB Nurses Empowerment Association vs. The Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare and Ors.

The Madras HC relied on a clarificatory notification issued by the Labour Ministry on December 8, 2025 ("Clarificatory Notification"). The Clarificatory Notification confirmed that the existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ("ID Act") will continue to adjudicate, both existing and new cases until the constitution of tribunals under the IR Code.

It is common for corporates to carry out termination of employees who do not meet their performance requirements, or are found wanting in their conduct or are incapable of working in teams.

On April 15, 2026, the High Court of Karnataka, in a significant order1, directed the State Government to implement its Menstrual Leave Policy across all establishments, both organised and unorganised.

On 21 February 2017, the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (Ministry) has notified the Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Specified Labour Laws Rules 2017 (Ease of Compliance Rules).

On account of certain distinctive qualities bestowed upon women by nature, the law makers across the globe have been witnessed to implement certain special protections and benefits...

While various concepts under Indian employment law have achieved some sort of streamlining over the years, one question which has failed to disappear and keeps resurfacing before employment lawyers who is a ‘Workman'.

The Supreme Court further stated that the provision for CCL is a constitutionally mandated right for women employees under Article 15 of the Constitution of India.

The Central Government had constituted the second National Labour Commission headed by Mr. Ravindra Varma...

This article is the third in the series of our articles on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I). The first article gave an overview of DE&I and why it matters; while the second article talked about implementation...

Full and Final ("F&F") settlement is a crucial step in formalising the closure of an employer-employee relationship in India as this process includes a list of statutory obligations that an organisation must fulfil.

India ratified two more ILO Conventions in June 2017 after the Central Government had introduced amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 ("Act") in August 2016.

Global investors with aggressive expansion plans often acquire businesses in the host country or buy out units of existing entities which fit in with their strategic ambitions.

We have frequently heard about organizations having an Equal Opportunity Policy which mainly stems from the requirements under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; in the Indian landscape...