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The government is concerned that many private sector employers are responding to the increase in maternity leave by finding some legal basis to dismiss women who confirm that they are pregnant …

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The government has launched an enforcement initiative to ensure employers are complying with minimum wage legislation …

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It often comes as a surprise to foreign companies that the income tax levied on their employees can be subject to a unique law that allows many of them to reduce their tax burden substantially …

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The cash-strapped airline JET was unable to pay its pilots, ground maintenance crew and senior managers their salaries in September …

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The Gujarat state rules on what constitutes a migrant labourer currently set the dividing line at 15 years residence in the state …

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Individuals who wish to file an Income Tax return or obtain benefits from government’s welfare schemes and subsidies have until March the 31st next year to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) issued by the Income Tax Department to their 12-digit biometric ID (Aadhaar) …

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Under public pressure concerning the past conduct India’s junior foreign Minister, M J Akbar, the Modi government has established a committee of senior judges to examine the legal framework for handling complaints of sexual harassment at work …

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Last year the Indian government enacted The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act that introduced new obligations for Indian private sector employers …

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The next few weeks will be broken up by a number of important gazetted public holidays …

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The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, has announced that a new law is being drafted that guarantees 80% of all new jobs in industrial firms will be given to Gujarantis …

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Employers that provide family-related benefits should note that the Islamic practice of gaining instant divorce by repeating the word “talaq” three times is now outlawed …

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Back in January 2018, we reported the drafting of the first data protection law in India …

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The Supreme court has legalised consensual sexual relationships between adults of the same gender, effectively forcing the repeal of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) …

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Lower paid employees in New Delhi should soon receive a revised minimum wage in spite of the Delhi Government’s wage order being slapped down by the High Court …

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A recent legal amendment to the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act will soon provide female workers the right to sit down at work …

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