Labour Law Gazette Notifications
Released Date: 22nd Jul, 2020
Odisha
The Odisha Minimum Wages Notification (April 2020)
The Government of Odisha vide notification No.4864/LC has released the Minimum Wages effective from 1st April 2020 for the State of Odisha
Effective Date: 1st Apr, 2020
Released Date: 22nd Jul, 2020
Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra, Finance Department vide Gazette notification dated 22nd July 2020 has notified The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings, and Employments (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 to amend The Maharashtra State Tax On Professions, Trade, Callings And Employments Act, 1975. The salient features of the ordinance are as follows, (1) Newly inserted Section 5(3A) which provides that a company incorporated under the provision of Companies Act 2013 at the time of incorporation shall obtain the certificate of enrollment and certificate of registration under the Maharashtra PT Act. (2) Newly inserted provision to Section 6(1) shall state that employer registered under Section 5(A) shall, after the commencement of his liability to pay tax, furnish to the prescribed authority, a return in such form, such period and by such date as may be prescribed. Please refer notification for more details
Effective Date: 22nd Jul, 2020
Released Date: 21st Jul, 2020
Himachal Pradesh
The Himachal Pradesh Minimum Wages Notification (Apr 2020)
The Government of Himachal Pradesh vide notification No. Shram (A)4-2/2018-L has released the minimum wages for the State of Himachal Pradesh effective from 1st April 2020
Effective Date: 1st Apr, 2020
Released Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Gujarat
Extension Of Working Hours For Factories In Gujarat
Government of Gujarat vide notification No.GHR/2020/92/FAC/142020/346/M3 has exempted all factories registered under The Factories Act, 1948 in the state from the provision of Section 51 (Weekly Hour), Section 54 (Daily Hour), Section 55 (Interval Of Rest), Section 56 (Spread Hours) with effect from 20th July 2020 till 19th October 2020 subject to aforesaid conditions, (1) No Adult workers shall be allowed or required to work in the factory more than twelve hours in any day and seventy-two hours in any week (2) The periods of work of adult workers in a factory each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed six hours and that no workers shall work for more than six hours before he has had an interval for rest at least half an hour (3) No female workers shall be allowed or required to work in a factory between 7.00 PM to 6.00 AM (4) Wages shall be in a proportion of the existing wages. (e.g If Wages for eight hours are 100 Rupees, then proportionate wages for twelve hours will be 150 Rupees). Hence, employers having their factories in the state of Gujarat registered under the Act may avail the benefit of extended working hours allowed at their factories in adherence to the specific instruction issued hereinabove including payment of wages
Effective Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Released Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Haryana
The Factories (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2018
Government of Haryana vide Notification No. Leg.17/2020 dated 20th July 2020 has notified The Factories (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2018 to further amend the Factories Act 1948 as in force in the state of Haryana with immediate effect. As per the notification, the government has increased threshold limit for applicability to the Factories Act, 1948 from ten or more workers to twenty or more workers for factories operating with the aid of power and from twenty or more workers to forty or more workers for factories operating without the aid of power. The notification also amends the number of hours allowed to work overtime in any quarter from seventy-five hours to one hundred and fifteen hours. Please refer notification for more details
Effective Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Released Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Karnataka
Karnataka Defers Payment Of VDA Payable Effective 1st April 2020
Government of Karnataka vide order no. KaE 72 LWA 2020 dated 20th July 2020 has passed resolution towards postponing the VDA payable from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 to mitigate the hardship being faced by the employers who were directed by the Central Government to pay wages, including VDA to their employees for the lockdown period. Employers who already started paying the VDA may continue to do so along with all the statutory contributions and payments. Employers who are yet to provide the minimum wages effective April 2020 may avail of this benefit provided by the government. Since this is only a postponement, the government may revoke this notification in the future and may advice the employers to pay the minimum wages as per the VDA applicable effective 1st April 2020 along with arrears. Please refer notification for more details
Effective Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Released Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Gujarat
The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 2020
Government of Gujarat had earlier on 13th May 2020 amended The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 where the applicability for establishments employing ten or more workmen was increased to twenty or more workmen. Now the Governor in view of the current situation of COVID-19 has promulgated The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 vide ordinance No. 07, 2020 dated 20th July 2020 which further changes the applicability to the act for the establishments employing twenty or more workmen to fifty or more workmen. Please refer notification for more details
Effective Date: 20th Jul, 2020
Released Date: 17th Jul, 2020
Central
EPFO vide circular no EDLI/3(39)SOM/2020/246 has directed Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (in-charge of Regions) to depute an Enforcement Officer towards ascertainment of complete details of any incidents of industrial accidents resulting in the death of employees of a covered establishment as well as ensuring due guidance provided to family members/legal beneficiaries of the deceased members by the filing of claims. Please refer the notification for more details
Effective Date: 17th Jul, 2020
Released Date: 17th Jul, 2020
Telangana
Government of Telangana, Labour Employment Training & Factories Department vide notification no G.O.Rt.No. 235 has issued a notification with reference to the earlier order dated 09th June 2020 regarding the declaration of paid holidays for shops and establishment, which was given effect up to 30th June 2020 has been extended up to 31st July 2020, subject to the relaxations given and conditions imposed therein
Effective Date: 1st Jul, 2020
Released Date: 16th Jul, 2020
Puducherry
The Puducherry Minimum Wages Notification (Jan 2020)
The Administrator of Puducherry vide notification No. 2/Lab./AIL/G/2012/866 has released Minimum Wages for the Union Territory of Puducherry effective from 1st January 2020
Effective Date: 1st Jan, 2020
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