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Goa has become the first State in the country to roll out an unemployment allowance. This scheme would be applicable only to the unemployed undergraduates of the State who have registered with the employment exchange. The allowance would be a maximum of Rs. 1200 for those who have competed their 12th Standard and a lower [...]

An article in The Economic Times made some interesting revelations on the outcome of Govt study regarding extent of Contract Labour engagement. The government was contemplating amending the Contract Labour Act whereby including provisions in the Act that would make it mandatory for Principal Employers to ensure that Contract Workers are also paid wages equal [...]

Read more on Disciplinary Procedures – Preliminary Enquiry, Misconduct, Suspension Pending Enquiry, Subsistence Allowance, Charge-sheet, Domestic Enquiry, etc. at http://www.hrindya.com/hr-managers-toolkit/disciplinary-procedure/

News over the death of Rajib Das has captured immense media interest since his death on Feb 14 2011, when he tried protecting his 20 year old sister from eve teasers in Barasat, Kolkota. While one of the culprits was nabbed, the other 2 are still on the run. The State Govt announced a compensation [...]

Nokia’s decision to strategically move to Microsoft from its present operating platform of Symbian could be a cause of anxiety for many of the Engineers working in Nokia across the world. Many employees already feel cheated by Nokia’s decision. The affected are mostly going to be engineers working in the R&D Departments.
But news is that a few engineers working on [...]

General Motors had to be bailed out by the US Government in 2008 and 2009 to remain in business. This year the 26K strong workforce of GM in Detroit is expected to get Bonus in the range of 4% to 16%.
This is interesting not only for reason that General Motors has turned around its financials [...]

If reports were to be believed, EPFO has already digitized 113 of its Offices and work is pending at 7 other offices and is expected be completed by this March end. From then on PF details of employees pertaining to PF transfers and settlements would be available online and also on your mobile handsets.
With the [...]

Section 66 (1)(b) of the Factories Act prohibits employment of women in factories between 7 pm and 6 am. V Rajeswari, a worker of Viswabharathi Textiles Ltd, Vadamurai, filed a petition in the High Court challenging the constitutional validity of such a provision which not only infringes into the freedom of women to work but [...]

Kerala is heading towards its worst form of militant labour – Nokku Kooli.
This incident took shamelessness to its height – The incident took place in Adoor a small town in Kerala. Surendran was purchasing large teak wood pieces for construction of his house. The wooden blocks were placed on to a truck [...]

We could soon see PF number being replaced by UID (Unique Identification Number) as the member PF code,  after its introduction. This would save the trouble of the Employer issuing a new PF employee code and thereafter liasoning with the PF authorities in case of any transfer of the PF accumulations. The employee is also [...]