India: Employee Benefits & Compensation

Effective 26th August this year, Australia's new workplace right, the ‘right to disconnect' law will extend to employees of small business employers (i.e., those with fewer than 15 employees).

On April 15, 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ("Court") in Little World Higher Secondary School v. The State of Madhya Pradesh (Writ Appeal No. 563 to 572 of 2023)...

On April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of India ("Court") in Ajay Raj Shetty v. Director (Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 3743 of 2024), upheld the conviction of the general manager of Messrs.

In its decision in Vijaya Bank & Another vs Prashant B. Narnaware, decided on May 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of a restrictive covenant placed by the employer upon employee in an employment contract which prohibited the employee from resigning before the lapse of 3 years from date of appointment.

By means of a notification dated May 30, 2025, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, has introduced certain new disclosure requirements on companies, which applies to all kinds of companies registered under Indian company law.

Gratuity forms a crucial component of an employee's terminal benefits, particularly in cases of death or retirement.

In a landmark ruling dated 14 May 2025 in the case of Vijaya Bank v. Prashant B Narnaware, the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the enforceability of a minimum service clause within an employment contract.

Indian labour laws classify the workforce into workers and employees. In any dispute, it is necessary to determine whether the individual qualifies as a worker or employee.

A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Vijaya Bank and Another v Prashant B Narnaware, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1107 on 14 May 2025, has upheld the validity of a restrictive covenant placed by an employer on its employee prohibiting resignation before the lapse of 3 years from date of appointment and for payment of liquidated damages of INR 2,00,000 as a consequential of breach of such restrictive covenant.