Indian government is considering reducing the five-year gratuity period to a shorter duration as many labour market experts highlighted that five years maturity limit is outdated and doesn’t sever the purpose of current employees needs. The government is contemplating over shortening the period to somewhere between one to three years. The change in employment market, ...

In a major development, the Centre has told a Parliamentary standing committee that working hours of employees cannot be increased beyond eight hours in a day without compensating the employees for the overtime. This decision has come in view of the efforts made by several states to bring changes in labour laws in the country ...