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Principal Associate in the Employment Law Practice at the Noida office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Luv advices domestic and international clients on a full range of employment matters. He can be reached at luv.saggi@cyrilshroff.com

Rajasthan passes Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, 2023

Introduction

The Government of Rajasthan, on July 24, 2023, passed the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, 2023 (“Act”). With this initiative, Rajasthan has become the first state in India to pass a legislation, which regulates the engagement of gig workers and aims to provide social security and other benefits to platform-based gig workers.

While at the Central level, the Code on Social Security, 2022 (“SS Code”), recognises gig and platform workers (essentially those workers who work on online aggregator platforms) as a separate class of workers and seeks to extend a variety of benefits to them, the same is yet to be brought in force.Continue Reading Rajasthan passes Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, 2023

POSH Act

Introduction

In its recent judgment in Aureliano Fernandes Vs. State of Goa and Others(Civil Appeal No. 2482 of 2014), the Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”) observed that even after a decade of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“POSH Act”) being formulated, its implementation and enforcement is still inadequate. To remedy the situation, the Supreme Court issued various directions for effective implementation of the POSH Act. For reference, the POSH Act imposes an obligation on all employers, having 10 (ten) or more workers to set up an internal committee to look into sexual harassment complaints. It also lays down the procedure for conducting an inquiry into the complaints, amongst other things.Continue Reading Supreme Court’s landmark ruling : Directions for effective implementation of the POSH Act