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Over the last decade, change in business environment due to globalization has resulted in greater business competition.

With the coming into force of the new labour codes on 21 November 2025, the revised definition of ‘wages' has assumed critical importance for the computation of statutory dues.

Section 2 (s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ("ID Act") defines workman as any person employed in an industry for manual, skilled, technical, clerical...

In a big respite to the employers, provident fund authority has published a circular on its web-portal wherein it has directed the field offices to abstain from initiating any roving (fishing) inquiries into the wage structure ...

Scientific aspect and marketing of sports in India are cumulative; innumerable issues come under the labor law head.

The Supreme Court of India recently adjudicated a crucial decision in the case Kashmiri Lal Sharma v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, concerning the retirement age of disabled employees.

In its decision in Vijaya Bank & Another vs Prashant B. Narnaware, decided on May 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of a restrictive covenant placed by the employer upon employee in an employment contract which prohibited the employee from resigning before the lapse of 3 years from date of appointment.

Supreme Court rules, acceptance of resignation leads to termination of employment;

The Supreme Court of India upholds disciplinary removal, clarifies need for engagement with employee representations but with limited high court intervention

Labour and employees play a significant role in the corporate sector. Indian laws exist so that workers and employees are treated well in work environments and help protect their rights.

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India ("MOIA") has launched an online eMigrate system1 for carrying out various procedures under the Emigration Act, 1983 ("Emigration Act").

The mission will lay emphasis on five focal areas- ease and cost of doing business, a future-ready workforce for in-demand jobs, a vibrant and dynamic MSME sector, availability of technology and availability of quality products.

On June 29, 2024, the Labour Department, Government of Karnataka released the Karnataka Platform based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024, which aims to protect the rights of platform-based gig workers ...

In a significant development for India's digital platform economy, the Karnataka government has brought into force the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers Act, 2025 and, more recently, the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers rules, 2025.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 (POSH Act), along with The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 (Rules), places a statutory obligation on employers to establish an Internal Committee (IC) to address complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace.

India is persistently exposed to formidable security challenges and there is an increasing threat from the rising crime rate and escalating terrorism.

A society where it took generations to decriminalise homosexuality is standing on a pedestal where rights have been granted to the queer community as per the law but still struggles to establish their own identity every day.

Defamation law in India is rooted in a few fundamental elements: (i) the statement must be false and defamatory; (ii) it must be published to someone other than the person...