At least 25 people, including 14 in a stone quarry collapse, were...
Category:
Workplace/Employee Benefits
Latest
Transformative years ahead for the insurance sector: Allianz Report
In all, the global premium pool is set to increase by almost...
Share of organised employment in India on the rise: Finance Ministry report
The EPFO net payroll addition stood at 1.47 crore members during...
No coercive action against pvt firms for non-payment of full wages during lockdown: SC
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its March 29 circular, had asked all employers to make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction for the period their establishments were under closure during the lockdown to contain COVID-19.
Italy to protect businesses from liability if workers catch Covid-19
While infections are categorized as workplace accidents under the government’s decree on reopening the economy, business owners won’t automatically face penalties if employees contract the illness, said Franco Bettoni, president of Inail.
ILO warns Indian states on scrapping of workers’ rights
In April, the government in Gujarat allowed factories to increase workers’ shifts from eight to 12 hours.There is also a proposal to increase the threshold of the number of workers employed for factories to need prior government permission for layoffs, retrenchment and closure, from 100 to 300.
“Businesses need to restart facilities with care and caution after coronavirus lockdown”:AGCS
“Restoring operations at a facility that was once idle or vacant presents another set of loss prevention challenges, particularly to manufacturing plants with hazardous equipment or processes,” explains Stephen Clark, Global Technical & Expertise Manager for Property Risk Consulting at AGCS.
Most Indian professionals believe right connections key to career growth: Report
This vast difference between awareness and action suggests that while young professionals in India aspire for stronger networks, they lack necessary direction and guidance to build these networks, it added.
Industries cannot be forced to pay wages during lockdown: Chief of par panel on labour
The panel has also recommended that the special provisions in case of lay-off, retrenchment and closure of company, applicable to an industrial establishment having 100 or more workers, should be raised to 300 workers.
From Google to Webex to Teams to Zoom: How to Choose a Videoconferencing App
Security researchers draw a distinction between apps aimed at social interaction and ordinary consumers and those intended to keep communications private for a big corporation or a bank.
Health and motor insurance renewal date further extended till May 15
“With a view to mitigate hardship to policyholders whose health&motor (3rd party) insurance policies are due for renewal during lockdown, Govt. has issued a notification allowing policyholders to make payments on or before 15.05.2020 towards renewal of their policies,” said Finance Minister N Sitharaman .
Japan minister Shinjiro Koizumi becomes first to announce paternity leave
Both parents can take up to a year off in Japan , with additional renewable six-month periods if a nursery place is unavailable.But only six per cent of fathers take parental leave, compared to more than 80 per cent of mothers who use their allowance beyond the mandatory eight weeks after birth.
Mandatory standard health policy to have lifelong renewability:IRDA
General and health insurers should offer this product from April 1, 2020 onwards.Irdai has fixed the minimum entry age as 18 and maximum as 65 years and said the policy is subject to lifelong renewability