For misconduct of assaulting / abusing Superior and strike, reinstatement will not be proper Dismissal of the workmen for striking work for 4 to 5 months, assaulting / abusing superiors, disorderly behaviour etc. would not have been interfered either by the High Court or the Labour Court since the charges were proved in the enquiry [...]

Like a dancer… Like a dancer who may not know how well he / she dances a young professional may also not know how good he or she is. Both need applause and feedback for motivation and for raising the performance levels. It’s as much our duty as that of the person concerned to build [...]

Reference of dispute after 8 Years would not be maintainable Seeking reference of a dispute by a workman, after eight years of his dismissal being stale, would not be maintainable. Reinstatement of a workman, who has left employment of the Company voluntarily and joined another establishment where he was dismissed from service, should not have [...]

I have met two kinds of… I have met two kinds of successful people, the first kind have attained real success by taking the right path but do not believe in ‘Talking the Walk’. The second kind is people who according to me do not deserve to be sustainable successes, though they lucidly say that [...]

SEBI cracks whip on SME bourses Market regulator SEBI today made it mandatory for the proposed small and medium enterprise (SME) exchanges to have market-makers, … Source: Financial Express Raghu Pillai to quit Reliance Retail by mid-year … Bijou Kurien from Titan, Sriram Srinivasan from Indus League Clothing and Rajeev Karwal from Electrolux — who [...]

Closure does not mean that whole establishment is closed. Only a part, when closed, comes only under the purview of the closure Closure of an establishment does not mean that the whole establishment should have been closed but only a part of the establishment, when closed, also comes within the purview of closure hence discontinuation [...]

Not many bosses care… Not many bosses care to demonstrate that they care. Many bosses also forget that the employees not just look at inspirational vision and mission statements from them but they look at them every day, every morning for cues. Bosses set the tempo and the mood everyday. Employees pick up all verbal [...]

Why are some Leaders extremely… Why are some Leaders extremely popular despite being extra firm and distant sometimes? I think it is because they endear themselves to the people first, by their competence & human touch before they push them harder or discipline them. Every person is willing to go that extra mile with them, [...]

Employee can withdraw his V.R.S. option before acceptance by employer It is well settled principle of law that option of voluntary retirement as made by an employee can be withdrawn by him before its acceptance by the employer hence the High Court has rightly allowed petition of the employee.

Lack of compassion… Lack of compassion in corporate environments can cause persecutory delusions. The affected persons wrongly believe that they are being targeted or threatened by the bosses, peers and organization in general. Mostly these people themselves are responsible for their situation but compassion is essential to turn around some of these very potential employees. [...]