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The State of Tamil Nadu has increased paid maternity leave for its own employees from 9 months to 12 months …

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A Labour court in Rajasthan has order the State’s Labour Department to prepare a measure requiring private sector employers to apply a 5% disability quota …

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The multinational beverage alcohol company, Diageo has just launched its new family leave policy …

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The government has so far registered 56,000 “unorganised workers” for social security in the troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir …

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The government of Maharashtra State has decided to maintain level 3 restrictions in 11 Districts – including the city of Pune …

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Women on fixed-term and independent contract employment terms are eligible for maternity leave, even if there are short breaks in their service …

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Maternity rights always take precedence over any laws that appear to undermine them …

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The proposed sale of General Motor’s (GM’s) Talegaon site near Pune to the Chinese auto company “Great Wall” now hangs in doubt, largely due to industrial action by its employees and the loss of all its orders …

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has just indefinitely barred Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit or prepaid cards to customers across the country over noncompliance with local data storage rules …

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The Indian multinational technology company Cyient has announced that it will be introducing a global 12-week gender neutral paid parental and adoptive leave policy into all its offices around the World …

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Maharashtra, the state surrounding India’s financial capital Mumbai, has begun a programme of further lockdowns in the face of a third wave of COVID-19 infection …

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There is a long way to go before third world safety standards are at an acceptable level …

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Gross minimum monthly wage and salary rates have been increased in Delhi and backdated to 1st April 2021 …

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The visa validity of foreigners trapped in India since March last year due to the COVID-19 crisis has been extended until 31st August 2021 – with no renewal fee, or overstay penalty charged …

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The High Court in Delhi has ordered Air India to rehire 61 pilots that were dismissed because of the health crisis …

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