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Impact Of Penal Provisions On Companies Under The Code On Wages
Introduction One of the key changes brought about by the Labour Codes are the provisions for compliance with the requirements of the Codes. While the Codes have introduced the concept of a facilitator/labour inspector to ensure compliance by employers rather than penalising them for a first non-compliance, further non-compliance attracts criminal action with serious consequences that can be initiated by the authorities under the Codes. In a huge shift in
Recovery of Company Assets in a Hybrid Working Model
Introduction With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies have adopted a Hybrid Working Model, an operating model and culture wherein employees have the flexibility to work from home or from the office, on certain days of a week or month. This flexibility has enabled organizations to more so retain the workforce[1]. To enable employees to work from home, companies have provided necessary permissions along with company assets such
Extended Weekend And Sandwich Leave Policy
Sandwich, as the name suggests, means to put something in between two things of similar nature. In labour law parlance, sandwich leave refers to a day or two considered as off between two leaves voluntarily taken by an employee. E.g., leave applied by an employee for Friday and subsequent Monday, but the company counts both Saturday and Sunday as leave while debiting the employee’s leave balance. Many have questioned this
Employee Onboarding and Separation: Long-standing Industry trends and why Employers must revisit them
The contours of Employee Life Cycle are undergoing swift transformation. Both employers and employees are looking forward to rejigged roles, responsibilities, progression and challenges. The entire ecosystem of the workplace has evolved from the traditional management-employee lens to a consultative and collaborative sphere, where employees are encouraged to be equal-partners contributing to accelerate growth of all stakeholders. Amidst this ongoing sentiment and endeavour to attract and retain the best talent,
Co-employment and the Employer of Record – The Regulatory Grey Area
Introduction The notion of the employer-employee relationship has been put to test with the emergence of non-conventional and binding relationships brought about by the gig and platform employees and their controllers. As a result, governments were forced to regulate these arrangements. The Co-employment and the Employer of Record concepts that emerged from the west have yet again challenged the traditional employer-employee relationship. This blog post aims to shed some light
Govt. notifies new rules for WFH for SEZ
Background & Context The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the entire work from home (WFH) situation at a global level. The working world needed to adapt and do so at a rapid pace. India was no exception, and the IT/ITES sector was the first to jump on the WFH bandwagon. The scenario of working from home was not new to these companies and extending this to the entire workforce happened very quickly,
