International women’s day holds major significance for India Inc regarding decision-making power. According to Grant Thornton’s International Business Report on ‘Women in Business 2023 – The push for parity’, 32% of senior management positions are now held by women, globally, in mid-market...
BANGALORE, March 11, 2023 (Newswire): Gig workers will play an instrumental role in enabling India’s USD 5 Tn economy, with the current 7.7 Mn-strong gig workforce leading the charge. With this talent pool set to more than triple to a massive 23.5 Mn by 2030, these workers will generate USD...
Anita Bhatia has joined Aristocrat as Director – People & Culture, Business Partner. She has confirmed this development through a social media post. Prior to this appointment, Anita Bhatia was associated with ET Money as Human Resources – Head for about 4 years. With around 16+...
(PTI): Air India on Wednesday said 15 per cent of its 1,825 pilots are women pilots, making it an airline with the largest number of female pilots. To mark International Women’s Day, the Tata Group-owned Air India, along with Air India Express and AirAsia India, has scheduled more than 90 all...
(IANS): Online higher education company upGrad has laid off nearly 30 per cent of its workforce at its subsidiary “Campus”. According to leading startup covering portal Entrackr, citing sources, a lack of VC funding has caused layoffs in the startup ecosystem, affecting especially late-stage...
(PTI): FMCG major Britannia Industries is aiming to increase its women workforce to 50 per cent from the present 41 per cent by 2024, a senior company official said on Sunday. With 15 company-owned manufacturing plants and 35 contract and franchisee units across India having a workforce of over one...
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On exonerating by IC under Posh Act, accused cannot be criminally prosecuted on same charges: Delhi HC
Recently, the Delhi High Court in Ashish Chauhan vs. State (Government of NCT of Delhi) and another [Writ Petition (Criminal) 2802 of 2019, observed that when the internal committee constituted by the employer under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)...
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Mumbai in Deutsche India Pvt.Ltd.vs. Asstt. Director of Income TaxITA No. 2842/Mum./2022,on February 22, 2023 while reiterating the judgment of Supreme Court given in Checkmate Services (P.) Ltd. vs CIT, [2022] 448 ITR 518 (SC)upheld the order passed by the...
Recently, the Karnataka High Court in Mulberry Silks Limited vs. N G Chowdappa W.P. No. 28177/2009 reiterated the settled principle of law that permission from the Labour Court or Tribunal under Section 33 (2)(b) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, is required to be obtained by the employer in the...
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Retirement clause in Standing orders having the term “may” gives discretion to employer to extend the service : SC
Supreme Court in Chairmancum M.D. ITI Limited vs. K. Muniswamy & Ors. Civil appeal no. 13398 OF 2015 on March 2, 2023, while interpreting the clause 17(7)(iii) of the Certified Standing Orders under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 of the employer wherein it was stated...
