Updated Minimum Wage and Dearness Allowance Rates for Engineering Employees in Uttarakhand
The Labour Department of Uttarakhand has recently updated the rates for minimum wages and Dearness Allowance (DA) for the Engineering Industries. This adjustment, effective from August 1, 2024, to January 31, 2025,
Administrative Revisions in Maharashtra Shops and Establishment Act
This amendment brings important changes to the administrative and operational aspects of the Act, which regulates various employment conditions and operational norms for shops and establishments across the state.
West Bengal Strengthens Disability Employment Policies with New Reporting Requirements
This notification introduces new obligations regarding the employment of persons with benchmark disabilities.
New Goa Preservation of Trees (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2024
Goa Preservation of Trees (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2024 introduces adjustments to the fees and security deposits associated with tree felling and replantation
New Inaugural Stakeholder Consultation on Kharif 2024 Pulses Production
The primary goal of this consultation was to integrate valuable stakeholder insights into the formulation of the Kharif 2024 production estimates. By incorporating ground-level data and expert assessments, the Ministry aims to enhance the accuracy and reliability of these forecasts
New Compliance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013
This notification underscores the importance of forming an internal committee as mandated by the Act and emphasizes the need for compliance from all offices.
Ensuring Fair Bonus Payments: New Government Appeal for Durga Puja 2024
This initiative aims to uphold industrial peace and harmony while ensuring that workers receive their rightful dues.
Jharkhand Government fixes the minimum wage rates for workmen
The government of Jharkhand on June 28th 2024, notified the rate of minimum wage to be fixed for the different categories of workmen of any category or class under the Jharkhand Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1972.
In absence of any agreed-upon rate of wage for a specific employment of any category or class of workmen, the contractor is obligated to pay the fixed wages on monthly basis.
EPFO discontinues the Covid-19 advances
These advances shall no longer be provided to any members including exempted trusts with effect from the date of publication of this notification.
Goa Government Proposes Amendments To Child Labor Regulations
The proposed amendments to the child and adolescent labour regulations include renaming the rules to include “Adolescent” and defining key terms. The new rules aim to raise public awareness, allow children to help their families and work as artists under strict guidelines, and omit restrictions on certain occupations. They also establish procedures for payments from the Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund and limit adolescents to working no more than 5 hours a day in applicable establishments.
