employment law

Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 The Election Commission announced on Friday that every person employed in any business, trade, or establishment who is eligible to vote in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections will be granted a paid holiday on the polling day, April 9.The Election Commission...

Bengaluru, March 27 A group of 15 professional women have filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the state government's notification granting one day of paid menstrual leave per month to working women.The women, employed in various organizations in the state, filed the...

Lucknow, March 25 The Allahabad High Court ruled on Wednesday that a candidate cannot be denied a government job solely because of a minor criminal case, especially when the candidate has disclosed the case.The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench of the HC...

New Delhi, March 18 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said its ruling on the correctness of a 1978 judgment, which gives a broad interpretation of the term "industry" to govern labor relations, would apply to existing cases under the now-repealed Industrial...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a nationwide policy providing paid menstrual leave for women students and workers, observing that no one would give them jobs in such a scenario, and that such a provision would...

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, unanimously on Tuesday, raising the threshold for the law's applicability and revising provisions related to...