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How does this explainer help you? This explainer gives an overview of employees’ rights to wages and bonus in workplaces carrying on any industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation, including Government offices. The explainer examines what minimum wages are, payment of wages, payment of bonus, employers’ responsibilities, and punishments for violating the law. What areRead more

Maternity benefit is the payment that is provided to a woman when she is going to have a child. It helps protect the rights of women employees during pregnancy and provides them with paid leave so that they can take a break from work. It also protects the jobs of women during this leave sinceRead more

A profession is a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification. The people who engage in a profession are termed as professionals. Professional ethics are principles that govern the behaviour of professionals or professional groups in a work environment. This may include rules on how a person should act towardsRead more

There are different kinds of employment sectors in India. Depending upon the kind of sector you are joining, i.e. public/government sector or private sector, different kinds of laws apply to you. Most employment laws and regulations in India apply mainly to the public sector or industrial workmen. For professionals in the private sector, the lawRead more

When someone at a place of work behaves in a sexual way towards women and it is unwanted, offensive, threatening, or humiliating, it is seen as a form of harassment. Indian law protects women from both men and women who ask for or demand anything sexual at work. Employers must make sure their place ofRead more

How does this explainer help the user? This explainer helps the user to understand the Indian law that regulates employment of children. The law states that children below 14 cannot work in any occupations except as a child artist and in a family business while adolescents between 14 and 18 are prohibited from working inRead more