On July 12, 2023, the Government of Tamil Nadu granted the public utility service status to the newsprint and paper manufacturing industry,all institutions engaged in procurement, storage and distribution of milk and manufacture of milk products and registered under the Tamil Nadu Co-operative...
Maternity benefit to be given even if leave /notice not given in prescribed format: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court in ShachiGahoi vs. Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute &Ors. (W.P. (C) 10521/2019) held that if a female employee applies for leave by giving the reason of pregnancy, even though the communication/e-mail/letter for leave is not in the required format, she cannot...
No benefit to PF member after 36 months of retirement on his PF accumulations: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court in Chief Provident Fund Commissioner & Ors. vs. Alok Kumar Agarwal & Anr. (LPA 486/2021 & 124/2022) On July 14, 2023, reiterated the settled principle that in terms of paragraph 72(6) and 60(6) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 1952 (“EPF...
Sexual harassment accused participation in Appraisal Process Of Complainant Makes Mockery Of Entire Process: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the actions of an accused under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“POSH Act”), in being party to an appraisal report of the complainant thereunder, “vitiates and makes a mockery of...
Sexual harassment case: Delhi tribunal dismisses appeal against ICC’s findings against R K Pachauri
A Delhi tribunal has dismissed an appeal filed against the findings of TERI’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) confirming the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by one of its female employees against its former chief R K Pachauri. The tribunal also observed that a man should know...
Indian IT services company HCL Tech is planning to defer hikes for senior employees as the Q1 results for FY24 was lower than the expectations. The revenue fell 1.2% to Rs 26,296 crore, as compared with the forecast of Rs 26,884 crore according to media reports. In an interview to Business Today...
(ANI) : Cimpress India has recently appointed Tripti Diwakar Verma as the new Head of HR. With a career spanning over 18 years, Tripti has worked across various industries, including IT services, financial services global capability centers, manufacturing and staffing. She has worked across various...
Suumit Shah, founder and CEO of Bangalore-based e-commerce startup Dukaan, announced that he has laid off 90% of his customer support staff by using an AI chatbot according to media reports. The bot was built by one of the firm’s data scientists, and according to Shah was able to respond to initial...
Sakshi Anand has joined Godfrey Phillips India as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this appointment sakshi was associated with Chemicals Business of DCM Shriram Limited for about nine years and lately as CHRO for last five years. A HR Leader with strong leadership & interpersonal...
A Gartner, Inc. survey of 105 HR leaders on June 21 revealed that just 5% of HR leaders report their function has already implemented generative AI, while another 9% reported they are currently conducting generative AI pilots. “More than half of HR leaders surveyed by Gartner said they...