Bosses Can’t Be Punished For Suicide of Overburdened Juniors

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Team asklabour

On 10.04.2019, a software engineer working with a multi-national I.T. Company committed suicide. News Reports suggest that deceased was forced to take such a step owing to stress and harassment at work. With the rising amount of stress people face in their daily lives apart from the pressure and stress which is derived from their work, some employees who cannot handle such pressure are vulnerable to committing suicide and some even end up their lives…

APPREHENSION OF FUTURE AILMENT – NOT A VALID GROUND TO REFUSE EMPLOYMENT

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Team asklabour

CASE Union of India and Ors. vs. Nenavath Suresh (31.08.2018 – HYHC): MANU/AP/0425/2018 RATIO Mere apprehension about future medical complications cannot be a ground for regarding a candidate as unfit for present employment. BREIF FACTS OF THE CASE The respondent applied for the position of Work Assistant in the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India; He was appointed in ad hoc service to a position of Work Assistant which was reserved to Scheduled Tribes;…

YET ANOTHER WHIP – FOR A REASONED ORDER

Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by Team asklabour

CASE Central Board of Trustees vs Indore Composite Pvt. Ltd. – {2018 (8) SCC 443} RATIO In case of the absence of any application of judicial mind to the factual and legal controversy involved and without there being any discussion, appreciation, reasoning and categorical findings on the issue, a writ petition does not deserve to be upheld or reversed. BREIF FACTS OF THE CASE Appellant issued summons u/s 7A of the Employees Provident Fund and…

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

Posted on November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 by Team asklabour

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…

MERE FILING OF AN APPEAL SHALL NOT RESULT IN TERMINATION

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Team asklabour

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…

REINSTATEMENT WITH FULL BACK WAGES NOT TO BE A MECHANICAL PROCEDURE

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Team asklabour

In cases relating to termination of labour, where such termination is evidently illegal, awarding of reinstatement with full back wages by Courts should not be a merely mechanical exercise and the same shall be done considering the circumstances of the case. The same was held by the Supreme Court in District Development Officer & Anr. vs. Satish Kantilal Amrelia.[1] In the order dated 28.11.2017, the court reasoned that same by considering daily wage workers, who…

EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT – NOT A MATTER OF RIGHT

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Team asklabour

The Calcutta High Court was confronted with an important question as to whether ‘extension of an employment contract can be asked as a matter of right’? The Calcutta High Court in this regard has upheld the cardinal principle of service jurisprudence, “an employee holding a post, be it contractual or tenure has no right to ask for automatic extension unless nothing repugnant appears from the letter of appointment”. The above-mentioned contention came before the High…

OUTSOURCING – to be or not to be??

Posted on April 11, 2018May 8, 2018 by Team asklabour

“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…

TELECOM SERVICES BEYOND STATE’S CONTROL – THE MISNOMER

Posted on April 11, 2018May 8, 2018 by Team asklabour

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…

Improvised Safety & Security Measures of Women Employees

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Team asklabour

In the wake of brutal and inhuman cases like Nirbhaya, Nayana Pujari, to name a few, the first and foremost question that comes to mind is “THE FOOLPROOF SECURITY OF EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN” A lot has been spoken, discussed and deliberated. But the question is “What really can assure a failsafe security?” The following basic and common sense guidelines could be of much help to the companies regarding the same question. APPOINTING A DEDICATED DIRECTOR:…

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