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Nasscom has voiced concerns over Karnataka's draft bill on digital...
Surrogate mothers also have right to avail maternity leave Orissa HC
The court ruled that maternity leave should be granted to the...
Uber settles Driver Classification disputes for $20 mn
The drivers attacked the ride-sharing company’s business model of treating them as contractors to avoid the costs of paying a minimum wage, overtime, sick leave and health insurance.
Closing the Gender Gap
Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly 5 billion people. But only about 50 percent of those women participate in the labor force, compared with 80 percent of men. The losses to an economy from economic disempowerment of women were estimated to range from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and in the Middle East and North Africa.
Include special allowance in employees’ basic wage for PF deduction: SC
A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha dismissed the appeals filed by several companies challenging the decision of the Provident Fund Commissioner clubbing basic pay with special allowances for deduction towards provident fund.
Govt allows one more pension option for left over employees of PSU insurance cos
“Government approves one more pension option for left over employees of public sector insurance companies who joined on or before 28 June, 1995. It would benefit 42,720 employees including 10,720 senior citizens,’’ Jaitley tweeted on Saturday.
Uber pledges to fight UK Court decision that drivers should be treated as workers
Though the U.K. ruling will not apply to employees outside the country, it is part of a trend in which regulators are more closely scrutinizing a quickly evolving workplace and challenging traditional employment models. Only this week, Britain published its Good Work Plan, promising to clarify the tests around employment status as suggested by the landmark Taylor Review last year