Justice G Girish stated that there can be no justification to force employees to get treated at a hospital coming under a panel prepared by the institution.
The Supreme Court on Monday (26.09.2023), held that an officer of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) can seek compensation under Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even though the RPF has been declared.
The Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has ruled that an insurance company cannot be, as a matter of rule, asked to indemnify an employer for the interest and penalty payable for delayed payment of.
Rework social security code for informal workers
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It needs to be simplified, avoiding multiple authorities and allowing for seamless integration of existing State-run schemes
The Code on Social Security 2020 (SS Code) was passed in Parliament in September 2020 and obtained presidential assent. Thankfully, its implementation has been postponed due to States not issuing notifications. Now, due to the Covid crisis, implementation of all the four new Codes on labour is to be postponed to next year. This is good, since there are many problems with the Codes, especially the SS Code.
The SS Code, once in place, will merge eight existing labour laws including Employees’ Compensation Act 1923, Employees’ State Insurance Act 1948, Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952, Maternity Benefit Act 1961, Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, and Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act 2008.