In an exchange filing dated 3 January 2024, Aditya Birla Group revealed the appointment of Chandrashekhar Chavan as the chief human resources officer (CHRO) of UltraTech Cement, effective 1 April 2024. He currently serves as the CHRO of Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail. This development has taken...
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Upon closure of establishment, retrenchment illegal without compliance of the ID Act: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court in Global Health Care Products vs. KrantikariKamgar Union (W.P No. 1164/2022), observed that a closure of an undertaking in breach of section 25O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“ID Act“) is deemed to be illegal from the date of closure and the workmen are...
Delhi High Court in Sanjay Kaura vs. Air India Limited (W.P.(C) 770/2019) while examining the justification of employer’s action to forfeit gratuity to an employee [who is charged with an offence involving moral turpitude leading to his dismissal (although not convicted by the competent...
Telangana High Court in APCPDCL vs. Sri Lavuri Srinu (CA No. 5494/2013), rejecting the contentions of employer that apprentice trainee designated under the Apprentice Act, 1961, is not a workman and he is not entitled for compensation under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, observed that...
Supreme Court in the case U.P. Singh vs. Punjab National Bank (C.A No. 5494/2013), while rejecting the contention of the employee that being on suspension, he could not have been treated to have been voluntarily retired as per the deeming provision under the service rules, is merely to be noticed...
New Delhi, 3rd January 2024: In a pivotal assessment of the corporate sector’s implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, Walchand Plus, (part of Walchand PeopleFirst ltd., which also owns the Dale Carnegie business in India), an industry leader in workplace solutions, in...
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (“KMBL”/“Kotak”) today announced the appointment of Anupam Kaura as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to spearhead organisational transformation, in the journey of ‘accelerating change’ at Kotak. Anupam joins Kotak from CRISIL Ltd, London, UK where as Global Chief...
(IANS): As tech layoffs are set to continue unabated in 2024, the cybersecurity industry was not immune from job losses and more than 110 cybersecurity companies fired thousands of employees in 2023. Once largely untouched, jobs in the cybersecurity sector were also affected this year despite an...
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Apex Court Directs Its Gender Sensitization & Internal Complaints Committee To Take Action On Writ Petition Filed By Lady Lawyer, Asks Respondent Lawyer Not To Circulate Any Video
The Supreme Court recently referred a Writ Petition filed by a practising Advocate of the Supreme Court to the Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) for consideration and appropriate action and further directed its registry to withhold the identity of the Petitioner and...
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Employer Who Resorts To Illegal Closure Of Establishment Cannot Urge That Workmen Must Prove They Were Not Gainfully Employed: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has stressed that an employer cannot be permitted to urge that, notwithstanding the illegal closure, the workmen must establish that he was not gainfully employed to be entitled to claim the benefits which are available under the law. In that context, the Bench of Justice NJ...
