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That Nurses in Kerala are being paid Rs.3,000 instead of minimum wages which are Rs.8,000 per month whereas in Middle East the starting salary is Rs.50,000, in U.K. and Australia it is around Rs.1.5 lakh.

That out of 14,000 people on its rolls, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. has 16% women.

That a headmaster in a government-run school in Bareilly has outsourced his job to a young man for Rs.3,000 per month in order to draw hefty salary in another institution.

That the Delhi Police cracked hard on their own personnel and took disciplinary action against 10,800 police personnel, a whopping 740 per cent increase from 2010.

That 19 per cent of primary school teachers were not present for duty when the survey was conducted in 2010.

That Tim Cook has been the highest paid CEO in America in 2011, after Apple granted him a million restricted stock unit last August before co- founder Steve Jobs died.

That ten years and intervention by HRD minister Kapil Sibal have not been enough for the ministry to decide on an appeal filed by a sacked lecturer to re- consider his dismissal.

That two brothers - Vishal Thakkar (23) and Amish (21) from Thane have cracked the Common Admission Test (CAT) of India's toughest B- School Exam with 99.81 and 99.99 per cent, respectively.

LATEST JUDGEMENTS - FEBRUARY 2012

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240 days' service in a calendar year by a bank employee should be in one branch.
Supreme Court 113
Only occupier, not all Directors, are to be prosecuted for factory offence.
Pat. HC 186
A Director, who had resigned, can't be held liable for provident fund dues.
Karn. HC 158
‘Calendar year' and ‘block of twelve months' are interchangeable.
Supreme Court 113
On judicial review, High Court should not sit as Appellate Authority.

Supreme Court, 176
Dismissal of a Bank Officer should not have been interfered by the learned Single Judge. Supreme Court 172
An interim order by Tribunal, can't be challenged. Supreme Court 115
Challenging coverage under Provident Funds without impleading employees not legal. Mad. HC 126
Provident Fund contributions not attracted on compensation to a reinstated employee. Mad. HC 133
Declaring ‘protected workmen' is not automatic process. Ker. HC 166
Recovering Provident Fund dues without prescribed procedure is set aside.

Bom. HC 122
An enquiry not necessary when removal as per conditions of appointment.
HP HC 151
A bank employee abandons job for his absence more than prescribed period.
Raj. HC 140
Adjudicator, not High Court, to decide disputed ‘employer-employee' relationship.
Cal. HC 148
Industrial dispute, without espousal, not maintainable. Cal. HC 148
No place, for generosity, while imposing punishment. Raj. HC 143
Gratuity cannot be withheld for want of no-objection certificate and for non-vacating of quarter. MP HC 187
Gratuity could not be withheld subject to conditions laid down in the statute.

MP HC 187
Back-wages not proper when the workman did not make any effort to find employment during interregnum. Guj. HC 200
Enquiry to be interfered only when it is perverse. Gau. HC 201
Labour Court can't travel beyond terms of reference. Del. HC 191
Consultant doctors providing services for some hours not to be covered under Provident Funds Act. Ker. HC 165
Taking cognizance of factory inspector's complaint by a Magistrate in filling up blanks to be quashed. Jhar. HC 154
Dismissal of workman for prolonged absence is proper. Karn. HC 161
Reinstatement appropriate when transfer is illegal. Mad. HC 130
Supervisor, exercising control upon other employees, not a ‘workman'.
Guj. HC 123
Enquiry by biased Enquiry Officer to be vitiated. P&H HC 138
Recovering EPF dues be only by adopting prescribed procedure. Karn. HC 158
Abandonment rightly presumed on 22 months' absence. Del. HC 178
Holding of enquiry for long absence not imperative. Del. HC 178
Reinstatement for a long absentee not justified. Del. HC 178
Rejection of review application by the EPF Authority not proper merely because it is in the prescribed form. Bom. HC 181
It is for employer to decide as to when and where an employee should be transferred. Mad. HC 183
Assaulting and abusing a superior will amount to serious misconduct. All. HC 116
Development Officer, in an Insurance Company, will be a ‘workman'. MP HC 182
Conveyance allowance is rightly held not ‘wages' to attract ESI contribution.

Mad. HC 172
Transfer to new employer without employee's consent not proper. Mad. HC 130
A contractor, employing less than 20 workmen, has not to obtain licence.

Cal. HC 148
Holding enquiry, without prescribed procedure, not legal. P&H HC 138
Non-disclosure of material information in the application for employment is a serious dereliction. Raj. HC 143
Apprentices under uncertified standing orders to be covered under Provident Fund Act. Mad. HC 126
Mere submission of a list of “protected workmen” is not enough for declaration.

Ker. HC 166
Evidence for proving misconduct can be produced if there is a request by employer. P&H HC 138
Reducing punishment by Labour Court must have reasons. Raj. HC 143
Termination of a daily wager, who completed 240 days' service will be illegal if retrenchment compensation not offered. P&H HC 136
Court interferes with transfer only when tainted with malafide. Mad. HC 183
For coverage under ‘Chemical Industry', as enumerated in Schedule I of EPF&MP Act, no notification is required. Guj. HC 197
Claim for gratuity upheld when employer failed to issue form ‘M'. Mad. HC 203

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