ESI medical service are covered under consumer protection Act The medical service rendered in an ESI hospital/dispensary to an insured employee fails with in the ambit of section 2(1) (o) of the Consumer Protection Act, and, therefore, the Consumer Protection Act have jurisdiction to adjudicate upon a dispute arising between the insured and the Employees’ [...]

Dismissal justified for calling employer ‘chor’ Dismissal of a workman for calling the employer as (chor) thief will be justified and the Division Bench of Bombay High Court has upheld the award of the Labour Court. Staging demonstration and shouting abusive slogans will amount to serious misconducts and the punishment of dismissal from service will [...]

Merely by registration, a trade union does not become an Authority under Article 12 of Constitution of India Once a trade union is registered under Trade Unions Act, 1926, it becomes a body corporate under section 13 of the said Act by the name under which it is registered and thereafter it has a perpetual [...]

Poaching of employee cannot be checked We can not restrain our employee to join the competitor. The freedom of changing employment for improving service conditions is vital and important right of an employee which cannot be restricted or curtailed. The negative covenant clause in the service and employment contracts cannot be used against an employee. [...]

A worker has to work at any place as directed by the Employer Transfer is the part and parcel of employment. Transfer refers to change in job that involve little or not change in status, pay or responsibility. The object of transfer is to increase the effectiveness of the organisation, its profitability and its service. [...]