MUMBAI, 03 September 2024: The transformative changes reshaping the Indian HR landscape, highlighting key strategies for organizations to thrive in a rapidly evolving business environment, outlines the FICCI- BCG report ‘India’s HR Revolution: Building Workplaces for the...
Ministry of Women and Child Development (“MoWCD“) launched an upgraded version of the She-Box portal, a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace. The new portal will function as a centralised repository for information related...
Andhra Pradesh High Court in SBTS Devi vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and Others (W.P No. 6396/2024) overturned the termination of a contractual employee who was dismissed for allegedly demanding bribes via WhatsApp. The Court held that if termination is based on allegations, it must be treated as...
Madhya Pradesh High Court in President, Birla Corporation Ltd and Another vs. Rajgovind Singh Misc No. 1383/2019 on August 24, 2024, overturned a labour court order requiring the employer to provide 15 (fifteen) days of compulsory work per month to a badli workman. The Court clarified that under...
Calcutta High Court ruled in the case Subal Makhal vs. Indian Red Cross Society &Ors. WPCT 225/2023, on August 29, 2024, ordering the reinstatement of an employee who had been acquitted in a criminal trial initiated by the employer. The employer had dismissed the employee following a...
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Technical officers, with different duties and regulations not entitled to the same benefits : SC
Supreme Court in Indian Council of Agricultural Research Through the Director General and Anr. vs. Rajinder Singh and Ors. CA No. 97-98/2012on August 22, 2024, ruled against the technical officers who sought incentive packages similar to those awarded to scientists for obtaining Ph.D. degrees. The...
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In case of misconduct, inquiry is needed even in case of contractual employee: Supreme Court
Supreme Court in U.P. State Road Transport Corporation &Ors. vs. Brijesh Kumar & Anr. SLP(C) No. 10546/2019on August 28, 2024, while reinstating a contractual employee terminated by the employer for committing misconduct without conducting a disciplinary inquiry observed that even in case...
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Novotel Mumbai International Airport appoints Tejas Chandpure as Director of Talent and Culture
National | 3rd September, 2024 – Novotel Mumbai International Airport announces the appointment of Tejas Chandpure as Director of Talent and Culture. Tejas brings with him a wealth of experience in human resources, particularly in talent management and employee relations, having successfully...
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has issued a scathing verdict against the senior state medical commissioners of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi, reprimanding them for their failure to provide timely medical assistance...
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Form Of Order Terminating Services Of Employee Is Not Its Final Determinant; Court Can Find Out The Real Reason & True Character Behind It: SC
The Supreme Court reiterated that form of an order terminating services is not its final determinant and the Court can find out the real reason and true character behind terminating/removing an employee. In this case, the Court ordered continuation in service of an employee at par with other...
