Supreme Court of India highlights enforcement lapses in sexual harassment cases
By- Ramesh Vaidyanathan & Sanjana Raman India’s law on prevention of sexual harassment at workplace, the Sexual Harassment of Women at...
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BTG Advaya
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Rising Tides of Moonlighting Employees
By- Ramesh Vaidyanathan (Managing Partner) & Suyash Sarvankar (Associate) “NOTHING stresses me out. NOTHING gets to me. And if it ever...
BTG Advaya
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
Registered Construction Worker is covered by Consumer Protection Act
By:Nidhi Tandon The Supreme Court of India (SC) recently ruled in the case of The Joint Labour Commissioner and Registering Officer and...
BTG Advaya
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
Supreme Court Ruling On Provident Fund Contributions
By: Mansi Singh and Aishini Mandal The Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court“) recently delivered an important judgement clarifying...
BTG Advaya
- Jul 11, 2018
- 6 min
5 Years of India’s Anti-Sexual Harassment at Workplace Law – Key Takeaways
By: Sharanya Ranga In the backdrop of the global #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal in the US, corporate India has also...
BTG Advaya
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
Amendments to the Gratuity law relax gratuity limits
By: Laxmi Joshi The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (the “Bill”) approved by the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) earlier...
BTG Advaya
- Nov 15, 2017
- 5 min
India’s New Law on Disability and its Applicability to the Private Sector: A Broad Overview
By: Laxmi Joshi The new disability law India’s new disability law, The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the Rights of...
BTG Advaya
- Aug 2, 2017
- 4 min
The conundrums of a gig economy
By: Ramesh Vaidyanathan and Probal Bose “There were laws created for businesses and there were laws created for people. What the sharing...
BTG Advaya
- Apr 4, 2017
- 2 min
Key amendments to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
By: Mansi Singh and Aditi Rani The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Amended Act) amending key provisions of the Maternity Benefit...
BTG Advaya
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min
Sexual Harassment at Work: Do’s and Don’ts
By: Sharanya Ranga and Riya Dutta Just when the social media outrage over sexual harassment incidents in Uber was abating, allegations of...
BTG Advaya
- Mar 15, 2017
- 3 min
Can tech companies hire and fire in India?
By: Sharanya Ranga and Riya Dutta As the jargon goes, we are now living in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity)...
BTG Advaya
- Jan 25, 2017
- 3 min
Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 – A Step towards Gender Equality
By: Laxmi Joshi and Aditi Rani While Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer managed to return to full time work barely two weeks after giving birth to...
BTG Advaya
- Jan 19, 2017
- 4 min
Provident Fund for International Workers in India
By: Sharanya Ranga and Mansi Singh Foreign nationals were brought under the purview of the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous...
BTG Advaya
- Nov 22, 2016
- 3 min
The Fruits of Labour Should Be Equal
By: Mahafrin Sidhwa In the recent case of State of Punjab & Ors v. Jagjit Singh & Ors, the Supreme Court (SC) has emphasized the...
BTG Advaya
- Aug 10, 2016
- 3 min
Coming Soon: Make in India, the (Un)laborious Way!
By: Aditi Rani Here’s a brief reckoner on the recent labour law reforms in India: Projected to be the fastest growing major economy for...
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