PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will cut 2,000 staffers as it contends with a macroeconomic slowdown that’s weighed on the firm’s business in recent quarters. The cuts, which will affect about 7% of staff, will happen in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman told employees...
Tesco layoffs: Adding to the long list of companies that have announced layoffs, British supermarket chain Tesco became the latest to trim its workforce. Over 2,000 employees at Tesco may be laid off as part of cross-cutting measure, according to a report by Bloomberg. Managerial roles or those in...
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (“EPFO“)issued circular on January 25, 2023, to stop over payment of pension to employees retired prior to September 1, 2014 without exercising any option under Para 11(3) of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, as existed prior to...
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Insurance company can be directed to pay compensation even if employee covered under EC Act: Gauhati HC
Gauhati High Court in The National Insurance Company Limited vs. Mr Omar Ali and Anr MFA/25/2019, on January 24, 2023 examined the question as to whether the insurance company can be directed to pay the compensation as the first instance awarded to a workman who is covered under the...
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Judicial enquiry or departmental proceeding against dead employee not permissible: Patna HC
Patna High Court in Kaushlya Devi vs. The State of Bihar [Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9735 of 2021] reiterated settled proposition of law that judicial enquiry or departmental proceeding against a delinquent totally abates on death of an employee for the simple reason that in order to punish an...
Kerala High Court in the Secretary Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital vs. State of Kerala W.P.C. No. 2502/2021, on January 23, 2023, while examining the issue as to whether the employer is allowed to file an appeal to the Regional Labour Commissioner against the order of the controlling authority...
This edition cover story is all about future of HR where renowned Business and HR leaders and pioneer of this function in the country unfold the role of HR function in future.
The year passed by after covid pandemic has given us the learning that HR function in business has to be ready to meet all unexpected and put an umbrella on organisation and its people to save them from any untoward happening. Be it the quite quitting, hybrid working model, talent crunch, mental...
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Frequently Asked Questions With Answers Present Labour Laws and Upcoming Labour Codes
While I was flipping through the pages of the book “Frequently Asked Questions With Answers: Present Labour Laws and Upcoming Labour Codes” written by Hon’ble K Vittala Rao a significant recent experience cropped up in my mind and I take liberty to share the same. A few months...
(ANI): Air India (AI) started deducting the salaries of employees who did not vacate their company accommodations at Delhi’s Vasant Vihar and the Air India Colony in Mumbai. The Air India employees said they received their December salaries with heavy pay cuts in the range of Rs 15,000 to Rs 90,000...
