Gazette Notifications
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The Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2020
ESIC vide notification no.G.S.R. 675(E) has omitted Rule 51B of The Employees' State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950 which states that in areas where the act is implemented for the first time, the contribution for the initial twenty-four months from such date of implementation for an employer is 3 percent and employee is 1 percent. Now, the contribution rates will be continued at 3.75 percent as employer contribution and 0.75 percent as employee contribution for all newly implemented areas
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ESIC vide notification No. E-13/12/9/2020-P.R. has notified the extension of the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana scheme for the period from 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2021 with relaxation in following eligibility conditions for availing relief under the scheme during the period 24th March 2020 to 31st December 2020 which shall be as under (1) The Insured Person should have been in insurable employment for a minimum period of two years immediately before his/her unemployment and should have contributed for not less than 78 days in the contribution period immediately preceding the unemployment and minimum 78 days in one of the remaining three contribution periods in two years prior to unemployment. (2) The claim shall be due 30 days after the date of unemployment. (3) The claim for relief may be submitted by an IP online in the prescribed claim form duly completed, directly to the Branch office. The payment shall be made in the bank account of the IP within 15 days from the receipt of the duly completed claim. Aadhaar shall be used for the identification of the Insured Person. (4) Relief to the extent of 50 % of the average per day earning during the previous four contribution periods to be paid up to a maximum of 90 days of unemployment. The above-relaxed eligibility conditions shall be applicable for the period 24.03.2020 to 31.12.2020 only. The other conditions as specified in the original Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana scheme as notified on 4th February 2019 shall remain the same. The Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana scheme shall be available with original eligibility conditions for the IPs who became unemployed on or before 23rd March 2020 and on or after 1st January 2021
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The Central Minimum Wages Notification (Oct 2020)
As per notification F.No. 1 /20(3) /2020-Ls-II, Government of India has released Minimum Wages for the Central sphere effective 1st October 2020
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Odisha State Pollution Control Board, vide Notification no. 9761/IND-IV-PQ-Misc-93, considering the necessity of faster disposal of registration or renewal application in order to regulate the management of plastic waste in Odisha, the time limit for disposal of application for authorization or renewal under E-Waste Management Rules, 2016 has now been fixed as 90 days with effect from the date of receipt of online applications complete in all respect against the statutory period of 120 days. Please refer to the notification for more details
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Odisha State Pollution Control Board, vide Notification no. 9768/ IND-IV-PQ-MISC-186, considering the necessity of faster disposal of registration or renewal application in order to regulate the management of plastic waste in Odisha, the time limit for disposal of application for registration or renewal under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 has now been fixed as 60 days with effect from the date of receipt of online applications complete in all respect against the statutory period of 90 days
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The Government of West Bengal vide circular No. Labr./210/(LC-IR)/3C-01/18 has issued guidelines to be followed by all employers and employees of the state covered under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (''Act'') while settling the legitimate dues of the workers in respect of bonus for the year 2020 in terms of the said Act in the interest of maintenance of Industrial peace and harmony,:- (1) It is expected that the employers would adopt a flexible attitude on the issue of the payment of bonus (2) All establishments where the bonus was paid in the previous year are requested to see that the rate of bonus payable this year is not lower than that of last year. Employers are also requested to consider payment of an amount of exgratia in lieu of bonus as is admissible at the maximum stage to those employees who have crossed the eligibility limit as per the Act (3) All employees, whether in casual employment/re-employment after retirement/employed through contractors and have worked for not less than 30 days during the year should be paid a bonus (4) The employers in default towards payment of bonus for the previous year are requested to make such payments this year along with the bonus for the current year. (5) The Government appeals to all trade unions and employers' organisation to extend their cooperation in peaceful and effective settlement of industrial disputes concerning bonus without any disruption of work (6) The Government has noted that in many cases, in previous years, employees of the IT sector, Hotel and Restaurants, Shops & Establishments, Security Workers, and some workers in jute mills did not get any bonus. It is hoped that the situation will not be similar this year. (7) All payments of bonus should be made before the commencement of Durga Puja, 2020. Even employers in unorganised sector where most employees are not covered under the Act are expected to pay bonus/ex-gratia to their workers before the commencement of Durga Puja, 2020. Hence, all employers having their establishments in West Bengal may make note of the above guideline and comply accordingly
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Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2020
The Central Government vide, S.O 3235( E ) In exercise of the powers conferred by the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 has amended the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. The amendment is made under Rule 5(3)(d) of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 relating to prohibition and restriction on the location of industries and the carrying on processes and operations in different areas stating that the period of national lockdown from 25th March 2020 to 31st May 2020 on account of COVID-19 pandemic shall be excluded for the purpose of counting the number of days for publication of the final rule or order or notification. Please refer the notification for more details
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Online Issuance Of Passbook Under Rule 6 Of The Hazardous And Other Waste Rule 2016 In Punjab
Punjab State Pollution Control Board via notification No. SEE(HQ-2)/2020/523, has laid out that the authorised recyclers/re-processors of hazardous and other wastes shall apply for the issuance of passbook along with the application for authorisation under HOW(M&T) Rules, 2016 through the online system of the board (OCMMS), it shall be accompanied by the necessary documents and fee as prescribed in the notification. The notification also states that, till the necessary modification for filing the online request for passbook is incorporated into the OCMMS portal, the applicant shall attach a written request for this purpose along with the application. The industries which had obtained the authorisation but have not obtained the passbook need to file a revised application for allowing the processing, recycling, recovery, pre-processing, co-processing, and utilisation of hazardous waste. Please refer the notification for more details
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The Industrial Disputes (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020
The Government of Himachal Pradesh vide notification no 05 of 2020 has repealed The Industrial Disputes (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 published on 9th July 2020 with ordinary legislation to be known as Industrial Disputes (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2020. As per the amendment, the provision of the prohibition of strikes and lock-outs now includes non-public utility service as well along with public utility service within the provisions of the Act (b) The conditions for retrenchment compensation has been enhanced to sixty days from the earlier fifteen days average pay for every completed year of continuous service or any part thereof more than six months. Please refer to the notification for more details
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The Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board, vide notification no. 121-JKPCB of 2020 in consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee constituted by the board has framed guidelines for levying environmental compensation for small scale Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) as used in many commercial establishments like Hotels / Hostels / Banquet Halls / Convention Centres / Circuit Houses / Dak Bungalows / Commercial Establishments / Shopping Malls / Educational Institutions. Please refer to the notification for details
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