(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...
We live in a world where gender inequality is still prevalent and women struggle to get the same opportunities and recognition as their male counterparts. As a result, many companies are increasingly making efforts to create an environment that is conducive to the progress of female employees...
Women in the technology industry in India earn around 7% more than men, according to data released by the coding ed-tech platform Coding Ninjas. “However, men still receive the higher compensation packages, with the highest reported salary being 1 crore, while the highest reported salary for women...
If the judgment of the controlling authority (Astt. Central Labour Commissioner) of Kerala under payment of Gratuity Act directing HDFC Bank to pay gratuity on “Personal pay” also apart from basic pay by treating the personal pay amount as part of basic wages to an employee , is not challenged by...
Taskmo, an on-demand Gig Discovery platform has witnessed the rise in the demand and supply of women gig workers over the years. Taskmo is seeing around 16% month-on-month growth in the women gig workers participation on the platform seeking for digital tasks all over the sectors which offers them...
