A brief history of the Factories Act: In India, large scales of factories/ industries were growing up during the industrial revolution. Major Moore, chief inspector of the Bombay cotton department first raised a question for the provisions of the legislation to regulate the working conditions in factories. Hence the first Factories Act was enacted in […]
Benefits of complying compliance for your organization
The concept of compliance is to make sure that the company can obey the statutory laws responsibly. So, why it is important for an organization? Every business starts with a profit imperative but the qualities of products and services delivered aren’t compromised for profits. To ensure such thing the government, regulatory bodies enacted statutory laws […]
Let’s Talk Compliance – Labour Code on Wages
The Second National Commission on Labour submitted its report on June 2002 and recommended that the existing set of labour laws should be broadly amalgamated into the following groups, namely:–– (a) Industrial relations; (b) Wages; (c) Social security; (d) Occupational Safety, Welfare & Working conditions. In pursuance of the recommendations of the said Commission and […]
Employee Provident Fund (EPF) goes for incremental changes
According to the latest buzz, Employee Provident Fund deduction may increase soon for certain segments of the working population. The change does not affect employees earning more than Rs. 15000 in basic wages plus dearness allowance. All variable labour allowances linked to the employee’s efforts, such as overtime allowance, can be excluded. What’s the existing […]