All HR professionals are aware that the words misconduct and moral turpitude are not defined anywhere in labour laws. It is clear that the law makers find it difficult to define them precisely. However the model standing orders under the Industrial Employment standing orders Act enumerated the...
Labour Law
In some countries, the governments are financially helping to self-employed women in this time of Corona. in India, this facility is available to all working women for 26 weeks, out of it they can avail, eight weeks before delivery. COVID 19 has, however, posed a very piquant situation for such...
COVID-19 could not help the governments to change the existing labour laws; rather it stunted labour reforms agenda to a corner. It is true that adage history repeats even in case of labour reforms proved correct.
The government of India must, therefore, adopt a pragmatic and proactive attitude to ensure that economy should not be in the whirlwind. It must inform the Supreme Court that the wages for the lockdown period would be borne by the government in the interests of the employees, employers and the...
The author attempts to make out a case in favour of six hours shift working instead of 8 hours or 12 hours to increase employment opportunities and better health care of workers with re adjustment of salaries @ 6 hour working.