Dismissal of students from College set aside by High Court

A male and female student of S. Vellaichamy Nadar College near Madurai were dismissed from the college for having travelled together in a public bus and for having exchanged ‘indecent’ SMS. Both the students challenged the dismissal through separate writ petitions in the Madurai High Court.
Justice V.Dhanapal set aside the 2 dismissal orders of the [...]

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Peace pact at Maruti Suzuki plant

Normal production is expected to resume in Maruti Suzuki Plant at Manesar.  This standoff of 33 days between the workers Union and the Management on the issue of recognition of their union and reinstatement of the suspended workers was smoothened up by the intervention of Harayana Government whereby bringing about a consensus.
It was the third [...]

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EPFO: My mistake is your problem !!

This is exactly what the Employers Provident Fund Organization is going to do. Over the years, overpayments to PF pensioners have risen steadily and it is largely because of non-updation of accounts or manual errors by the staff of EPFO.  Presently about Rs 10 crore is stuck in over payments and irregular payments.
It was literally [...]

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Change in work timings: Strike call in NLC

As per the new schedule, those serving in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited office should remain in duty from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., instead of the regular 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Due Statutory Notice was reportedly given to the workmen.
The Pattali Thozhir Sangam (PTS), owing allegiance to the Pattali Makkal Katchi, served a strike [...]

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Air India Maharaja’s last breather kit

The Maharaja is bleeding and it requires a life support.  As of today, Air India’s debt stands at Rs. 42,570 crore and losses are to the tune of Rs. 22,000 crore. The recent infusion of the Rs 1,200 crore package has not had any affect in the financial position. The opposition parties are accusing the [...]

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Download for FREE all Statutory Forms and Formats

This is one store house and an essential kit for all HR Managers. Download all Statutory Forms and Formats under Labour Laws for Free at this link – http://www.hrindya.com/forms-formats/

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Now Indians also prefer Temporary Employment

Temp staffing companies have seen a rise of more number of permanent staff preferring temporary jobs. This is in contrast to the typical Indian employment mindset of placing job security ahead of opportunity. The change in mindset puts the following on priority -

better opportunity in terms of career profile and brand
employees get a higher pay [...]

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Maruti Vs Union; Locks horns again

After having gone on a 13 days strike from 4th of June 2011, the Manesar Plant (Haryana) of Maruti Suzuki again saw fresh trouble brewing. Five workers were suspended for having allegedly beaten up a Supervisor of the Plant. The workers went on 1 hour tool down strike immediately protesting against forcible eviction of five [...]

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EPFO loses case (20.07.2011) on Minimum Wage applicability to PF

A few days back in the case of Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Gurgaon Vs. G4S Security Services (India) Limited & Anr, 2011 LLR 316, the Punjab & Haryana High Court held that the provident fund contributions are not necessarily to be paid on the wages as fixed under the Minimum Wages Act.
Aggrieved by the Order, [...]

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Maruti locks horns with its Union on recognition

The new Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) at Manesar Plant (near Gurgaon, Delhi) demand recognition as a Union and the Management doesn’t seem to be interested in letting that happen. The Management is of the stern view that there is already a recognized Union by name Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union (MUKU) and the workers who [...]

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