Labour Law & Employment FAQs | HROne

Under the Payment of Wages Act, only specified deductions are lawful — such as those for PF, ESI, professional tax, income tax, authorised advances or loans, and absence from duty. Any deduction...

Under the new Code on Wages, final wages must be paid within two working days of an employee’s removal, dismissal, retrenchment, or resignation. This is a tighter standard than the customary practice...

A company with fewer than 10 employees is not required to constitute an Internal Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, since that obligation applies...

Under the Factories Act, a worker who works beyond the prescribed daily or weekly hours is entitled to overtime wages at twice the ordinary rate of wages. The ordinary rate for this...

India does not have one nationwide minimum wage figure. Minimum wages are fixed and revised by both the central and state governments for different categories of scheduled employment, skill levels, and regions,...