Fixed term employee is eligible to all statutory benefits with wages no less than of permanent employee.
Labour Law
The GRC framework under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and draft Rules marks a shift towards structured, time-bound, and participatory grievance resolution within workplaces.
The Industrial Relations Code has changed the economics of retrenchment. The compensation formula remains familiar, but the wage definition has changed the cost base.
If we dig deep into any labour problem involving casual/ contract labour or migrant labour, it clearly points out that it is nothing but a livelihood issue, not a law-and-order problem.
Labour Law
Case Study: Contract Labour Strike in a Hazardous Industry -A Principal Employer’s Dilemma
Industrial relations in modern manufacturing increasingly involve complex triangular relationships between the principal employer, contractors, and contract workers. While the contractor is legally the employer of contract labour, operational realities often place the principal employer at the...
The objective of “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000”, as amended, is : To provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as ?electronic commerce, which involve the use of...
When conciliation fails, the law must provide a forum that is credible, accessible and swift. Industrial peace depends not only on fair wages, lawful discipline or collective bargaining structures, but also on confidence that disputes will be resolved in time. A delayed decision in industrial...
This is where Employee Relations (ER) steps in- not as a replacement for IR, but as its proactive conscience. ER listens before IR intervenes. ER senses before IR responds. And at the centre of effective ER lies a nuanced professional identity often debated in leadership corridors: Should an IR...
This case study from a leading public sector enterprise demonstrates how a decisive action in the face of persistent misconduct transformed industrial relations, restored organizational discipline, and set the stage for long-term business success.
For HR professionals, this is not merely a compliance update. It affects Salary design and CTC architecture. Provident Fund and gratuity liabilities, Cost forecasting and budgeting, Long-term employee benefit calculations, Negotiations with employees and unions and Payroll systems and HRIS...
