EPFO numbers: Jobs jumped. Or did they?
The country’s pioneering payroll count — based on the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) subscription…
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India has to create more formal jobs: World Bank
Making a case for creating more formal jobs, the World Bank in its draft World…
EPFO, NPS data show 2.2 million formal jobs added in 6 months
The economy added at least 2.2 million formal jobs over the six months to February,…
Nurses' strike withdrawn; Minimum wage fixed at Rs 20,000
The United Nurses Association (UNA), the largest union representing nurses in the private sector in…
Modi government is working on new labour law protecting dignity of workers
The government has drafted a new labour law, with the overriding objective of…
Payment of Minimum Wages to Contract/Casual Employees
The basic rate of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in the Central sphere…
Payment of wages below prescribed minimum wages attracts criminal liability in court
A much-known case of Geetam Singh (Central Secretariat Club vs Geetam Singh) exemplifies “Payment of…
EPF Account Withdrawal: EPFO Announces New Rules For Filing Claims
EPF or employee provident fund withdrawal claims above Rs. 10 lakh don’t have to be filed online.…
EPFO users may get an option to increase or decrease investments in ETFs
The subscribers to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) may soon get an option to increase or…
No disagreement with Finance Ministry on 8.55% interest on EPF
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has said that there is no disagreement with the finance ministry on…