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Employee can't claim over Rs 8,000 if injured while in service: Madras HC

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Employee can't claim over Rs 8,000 if injured while in service: Madras HC Even if the salary of a person permanently injured while working exceeds Rs 8,000, the compensation should be fixed Current Affairs :The Madras High Court on Tuesday decided that nobody harmed for all time while in administration can guarantee over Rs 8,000 every month, regardless of whether the person in question were drawing over the sum as compensation. Equity S Vaidyanathan refered to an administration request (GO) gave under the Minimum Wages Act while dismissing an intrigue of Sekar against the request for the Joint Commissioner of Labor who granted a pay of Rs 8,000 as wages as opposed to fixing 100 percent of his last drawn wages. As per the GO, regardless of whether the pay of an individual for all time harmed while working surpasses Rs 8,000, the pay ought to be fixed as though the monthlywages were just Rs 8,000 and not above. In spite of the fact that another notice has been given by ...

Wages Code Bill will uphold workers’ rights, ensure timely payments: Govt

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Wages Code Bill will uphold workers’ rights, ensure timely payments: Govt The Bill subsumes four labour laws — Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act Current Affairs :- Work Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that the Wages Code Bill will empower presentation of the lowest pay permitted by law for each specialist other than tending to issues concerning delay in installment to representatives. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which tries to correct and solidify the laws identifying with wages and reward and matters associated therewith, will profit 50 crore laborers, the Minister said while moving the Bill for thought and section in the Lok Sabha. The Bill subsumes four work laws – Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act. After authorization of the Code, all these four Acts would be revoked. He said that while drafting the bill, the administration has...