Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

Author: Indrani Lahiri India is a land of diversity, essentially, a multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual and multi-religious society. This diversity has a tremendous bearing at the workplace and discrimination ...

On February 28, 2019, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order on whether special allowances fall within the scope and meaning of “basic wages” under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision ...

Engagement of “gig-economy” workers has been a hot topic, particularly in the case of food delivery businesses. The Fair Work Commission recently concluded that a delivery rider for Foodora was in fact an employee, r ...

With the advent of cost-effective GPS devices and smartphone tracking apps, employers may effectively monitor their workforce like never before. An employee’s distance traveled, sales routes, and productivity (among ot ...