An employee engaged for the same work, cannot be paid less than another, who performs the same duties and responsibilities. This was the view laid down by the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Punjab and Ors. vs. Jagjit Singh and Ors. The Apex Court observed that India being a Welfare State, it would be nothing but demeaning to deprive any temporary worker here of his/her right to equal pay for…
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Petitioner: Unnamed Court: Bombay High Court Respondents: Headmistress, Noorul Islam Primary School & Ors. Date of Order: 23.04.2018 Citation: Writ Petition No. 13708 of 2017 Facts The Petitioner in this case was a teacher in a primary school. At the initiative of Respondents No. 1 and 2, the service of the Petitioner was terminated claiming that she had indulged in an extra-marital affair. Aggrieved by this decision of the Respondents, the Petitioner approached the…
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“Labour disgraces no man; Unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labour” Conflicts between employers and employees have perennially existed in our industry. To curb exploitation of labour by employers, the Indian legislators had come out with various statutory hurdles. To counter such statutory obstacles imposed by the Legislature, attempts had also been made to drift from permanency of labour to rightsizing and affinity for outsourced labour. Earlier outsourced labour were hired only for peripheral…
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The question before the Karnataka High Court in the matter of Bharti Airtel Ltd. vs. The Senior Labour Inspector was whether the State Government or its authorities have the jurisdiction to initiate prosecution against a telecom Company for non-compliance under the Minimum Wages Act, 1961. With regard to this intricate question of law, the Karnataka High Court held that Telecom Company’s do not carry on business on behalf of the Government of India; also, the…
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Introduction “There appear to be three preliminary objections which have become quite the fashion to be raised by all employers, particularly public sector corporations whenever an industrial dispute is referred to a tribunal for adjudication. One objection is that there is no industry, a second that there is no industrial dispute and the third that the workman is no workman”. This in an extract from the judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of…
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1. INTRODUCTION ‘A’ worked for a reputed consultancy firm in Mumbai. After her failure to reveal conflict of interest due to her husband’s similar consultancy firm and further refusal to repay the loan she took from the employers, she was asked to resign. Instead, the lady filed a sexual harassment case against her employer and his wife. ‘C’ worked as a bank manager for a reputed bank in Mumbai. ‘B’ comes to him asking him…
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The recent and ongoing economic down surge has resulted in a large number of IT jobs being cut and hiring strictures being put in place, both of which, quite understandably, have not gone down well with the young IT professionals the country churns out every year. In 2013, the incident of the fresh HCL recruits forming a Union and staging protests after the IT Company delayed their joining dates at least five times officially, shows…
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Industrial Relations problems occurring in any manufacturing setup today is a part of day to day life. However, when new units start facing labour trouble certain labour laws in India and trade union movements are blamed. Therefore analyzing the reasons for problems that occur in industrial labour relations in India is important; In any new factory, during the period before commencement of manufacturing activities, the focus of the management is mainly on setting up of…
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