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The Mediation Act 2023 received the assent of the President on the14th September, 2023 and has been published in the Gazette for general information.
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21 Aug 2023
Employees ‘Right to Vent’ in a private whatsapp group cannot be considered as a misconduct – Madras HC
The Hon’ble Madras High Court noted that every employee has a “right to vent” and the management could not take action against the employees for messages that were posted in a WhatsApp group chat expressing critical views against the management so long as such messages were otherwise within the legal bounds.
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Contractor cannot deny payments to Sub Contractor merely on the ground that he has not received the payments from the main employer – Delhi High Court
A Contractor cannot deny payments to the sub contracto’ merely on the ground that the contract is on back-to-back basis and it has not received the payments from the main employer
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President gives assent to the new the Digital Personal Data Protect, Act 2023
A law made for processing data and amends various legislations including Right to Information Act and IT Act. It will come into force on such date as the Central Government may announce by notification..
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Signatory of the cheque, authorized by the “Company”, is not the drawer in terms of section 143A of the NI Act – Bombay High Court
The signatory of the cheque, authorized by the “Company”, is not the drawer in terms of section 143A of the NI Act and cannot be directed to pay interim compensation under section 143A.
The signatory of the cheque, authorized by the “Company”, is not the drawer in terms of section 143A of the NI Act and cannot be directed to pay interim compensation under section 143A.
The signatory of the cheque, authorized by the “Company”, is not the drawer in terms of section 143A of the NI Act and cannot be directed to pay interim compensation
under section 143A.
VRS employees cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation.
VRS employees cannot claim parity with others who retired upon achieving the age of superannuation.
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Any interpretation of the ESI Act should lean in favour of the beneficiaries – Supreme court
Any interpretation of the ESI Act should lean in favour of the beneficiaries – Supreme court
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Payment of salaries and PF on default by Contractor does not create employer-employee relationship between principal employer and contract labour – Supreme Court
Therefore, merely because sometimes the payment of salary was made and/or PF contribution was paid by the appellant, which was due to non-payment of the same by the contractor, the contesting respondents shall not automatically become the employees of the principal employer.
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CBDT issues circular regarding TDS from salaries for FY 2022-23
The CBDT circular contains the rates of deduction of Income-tax from the payment of income chargeable under the head “Salaries” during the financial year 2022-23
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