Aparajitha’s ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ decodes if you are

 Aparajitha’s ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ decodes if you are code- ready?

Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, the country’s no.1 company for Compliance, today organized a ’60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar to discuss the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, Code on Social Security, and The Industrial Relations Code. 

The webinar was aimed at decoding the nuances of the labor codes which were passed in the Parliament in September last year and is expected followed by companies and organizations all around the country. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Service Private Limited said, “While the Code on Wages was passed by Parliament in 2019 the three other codes that are The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, Code on Social Security and The Industrial Relations Code did not get its clearance from both the Houses until last year. The rules are being drafted and if things go as planned the chances are brighter for the implementation of all the four codes at one go from April 2021 as originally planned by the Government of India. Thus, it becomes necessary for the companies in India to be fully prepared to embrace the changes that are likely to be brought by the codes with its implementation. The session aims to discuss this and get people ready for such a change.”

The webinar covered and answered the following aspects:

·                     The Social Security Code, 2020

(A) On how the Social Security Code, 2020 aims to provide better social security benefits such as provident fund, insurance, and gratuity to workers.

(B) On how it extends the reach of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation and the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (which regulate benefits such as provident fund, insurance, pension, etc.) to the workers in the unorganized sector. 

(C) On how the SS Code further stipulates gratuity benefit for fixed term employees without any condition for minimum service period as envisaged under the current regime.

(D) On how provisions will be made to formulate various schemes for providing comprehensive social security to workers in the unorganized sector and a “Social Security Fund” will be initiated to implement these schemes.

(E) On the making a national database for unorganized sector workers and registration of all these workers on an online portal through a simple procedure of Self Certification.

 ·                      Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020

A. How the OSH Code aims to regulate the occupational safety, health, and working conditions of workers employed in all establishments. 

B. On how the OSH Code seeks to widen its applicability on different types of workers such as audio-visual workers, inter-state migrants or sales promotion employees. 

C. On how it attempts to promote gender equality by allowing women workers to work at night subject to obtaining their consent. 

D. On how the OSH Code further introduces the concept of deemed registration of establishments to circumvent the prolonged delays in administrative processes and provides that if an establishment is registered under any concerned law, it shall be deemed to be registered under the OSH Code

 ·                     Industrial Relations Code, 2020

A. How the IR Code aims to streamline the laws regulating industrial disputes and trade unions within the country. 

B. How the IR Code has introduced various aspects such as increasing the threshold of workers to three hundred (300) for obtaining the consent of the concerned government in case of lay off, retrenchment, or closure of the establishment.

 The webinar was moderated and addressed by Mr. K. Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited.

APARAJITHA’S ‘60 MINUTES COMPLIANCE’ WEBINAR EXPLAINS

Aparajitha’s ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ Webinar EXPLAINS BONUS AND GRATUITY UNDER THE CURRENT ECONOMY

Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, the country’s no.1 company for Compliance, today organized a ’60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar to discuss about the Bonus and Gratuity payment in relation to the current scenario of the economic slowdown. 

The webinar was aimed at explaining the how the concept of bonus and gratuity payment has been impacted during this stint of Work from Home as a result of the ongoing pandemic under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1971 which act as the legislative law providing these provisions. It also highlighted how the current pay structure had been realigned with the help of salary cuts and incentive relaxations to boost the economy amidst this crisis period.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Service Private Limited said, “The concept of bonus and gratuity act became a statutory payment governed by the provisions of Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and Payment of Gratuity Act, 1971 and are important to labor laws that recognize the rights and value of an employee. However, the disruption and its effects on industries and work due to this pandemic have seen many several states announce drastic relaxations to certain labor laws and have also come out with notifications and ordinances containing exemptions from compliance with a few labor laws.

While these relaxations give more flexibility to employers and business owners to sustain losses during this crisis period, it threatens the social security and rightful income of the employee. Although the situation is bad and recovering from it might take a long time. It is important for the workforce to know what is happening from a Compliance Point of View so that they are not taken advantage of. ” 

The webinar covered different aspects of Bonus and Gratuity payment…

•  What legislative laws provide these provision and how denying these can be a violation of labor laws  
•  The various Internal compliance process to be handled related to the conditions, services put upon employees to be eligible to avail these provisions
• How to calculate the payment in reference to the acts.
• How these acts have been impacted by the current changes in the economy 
• When and if these relaxations will be reversed post-pandemic.

The webinar, which saw participation by 1185 individuals comprising of HR professionals and mid & senior level personnel across various industry sectors, was moderated and addressed by Mr. K. Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE – VERSION 2.0

In view of the tremendous success of the ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar  held on April 9, 2020 and requests pouring in from several industry quarters and professionals to organise a second session in order to address few more pertinent questions pertaining to Labour Law Compliances vis-à-vis COVID-19, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, the country’s No. 1 company for Compliance, today organised Version 2.0 of the ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar to discuss the impact on Labour Law Compliances due to the Coronavirus lockdown. These sessions are aimed towards benefitting the companies and their Human Resource fraternity by providing several guidelines in order to help them survive through the COVID-19 crisis.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited said, “We are extremely delighted with the overwhelming response we received for the webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on Labour Law Compliances. The ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinars series are in line with Aparajitha’s vision for continuous endeavor in bringing knowledge expertise on Regulatory compliance to organisations, given the fact that the co-existence of Labour and Capital is of paramount importance at all times, and more so when posed with a global challenge such as COVID-19. Version 2.0 of the webinar held today was more of a response session to hundreds of queries which came in from the organisations, which could not be addressed in the earlier webinar due to time constraints.”

Some of the key aspects today’s webinar highlighted and addressed include…

§  Key legislations based on which the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 are taken

§  Type of industries which are given relaxation

§  Precautions to be taken by an establishment in case if it is functioning

§  Liability of employers to pay wages to the employees during the lockdown days

§  Layoff / leave / holiday aspect of the lockdown

§  Recruitments and termination of employees during the lockdown period

§  Extra wages for employees coming to office

§  Entitlement of ‘overtime’ for employees working from home

§  Concessions for the employers in terms of labour compliance

While 1000 plus individuals participated in the first webinar on Labour Law Compliances vis-à-vis COVID-19, Version 2.0 saw participation by more than 800 individuals comprising of HR professionals, mid & senior level personnel from Corporates across various industry sectors. Both the webinars were moderated and addressed by Mr. K. Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited.

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE – VERSION 2.0

In view of the tremendous success of the ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar  held on April 9, 2020 and requests pouring in from several industry quarters and professionals to organise a second session in order to address few more pertinent questions pertaining to Labour Law Compliances vis-à-vis COVID-19, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, the country’s No. 1 company for Compliance, today organised Version 2.0 of the ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar to discuss the impact on Labour Law Compliances due to the Coronavirus lockdown. These sessions are aimed towards benefitting the companies and their Human Resource fraternity by providing several guidelines in order to help them survive through the COVID-19 crisis.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited said, “We are extremely delighted with the overwhelming response we received for the webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on Labour Law Compliances. The ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinars series are in line with Aparajitha’s vision for continuous endeavor in bringing knowledge expertise on Regulatory compliance to organisations, given the fact that the co-existence of Labour and Capital is of paramount importance at all times, and more so when posed with a global challenge such as COVID-19. Version 2.0 of the webinar held today was more of a response session to hundreds of queries which came in from the organisations, which could not be addressed in the earlier webinar due to time constraints.”

Some of the key aspects today’s webinar highlighted and addressed include…

§  Key legislations based on which the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 are taken

§  Type of industries which are given relaxation

§  Precautions to be taken by an establishment in case if it is functioning

§  Liability of employers to pay wages to the employees during the lockdown days

§  Layoff / leave / holiday aspect of the lockdown

§  Recruitments and termination of employees during the lockdown period

§  Extra wages for employees coming to office

§  Entitlement of ‘overtime’ for employees working from home

§  Concessions for the employers in terms of labour compliance

While 1000 plus individuals participated in the first webinar on Labour Law Compliances vis-à-vis COVID-19, Version 2.0 saw participation by more than 800 individuals comprising of HR professionals, mid & senior level personnel from Corporates across various industry sectors. Both the webinars were moderated and addressed by Mr. K. Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited.

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE

COVID-19 AND LABOUR LAW COMPLIANCE

Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited, the country’s No. 1 company for Compliance, organised a ‘60 Minutes Compliance’ webinar to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Labour Law Compliance. The webinar was aimed towards benefitting the companies and their Human Resource fraternity by providing several guidelines in order to help them survive through the COVID-19 crisis.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited said, “Over the past month or so, COVID-19 has completely changed the way Corporates used to conduct their businesses…not just in India, but globally. Given the current scenario, while the lockdown is the best decision to be taken to ensure health and safety of the people, an economic slowdown is inevitable on account of several businesses across sectors being severely affected. Today’s webinar was more of an advisory from a Compliance perspective on how to minimise the impact of the slowdown on the workforce.”

The Webinar, which saw registration of more than 1000 participation by individuals comprising of HR professionals, mid & senior level personnel from Corporates across various industry sectors, was moderated and addressed by Mr. K. Varadan, Chief Consultation Officer, Aparajitha Corporate Services Private Limited.

The webinar highlighted the extremely important and relevant labour law facets to be kept in mind in the presently volatile scenario.

The ’60 Minutes Compliance’ webinars are in line with Aparajitha’s continuous endeavour in bringing knowledge enhancement to organisations, given the fact that the co-existence of Labour and Capital is of paramount importance at all times, and more so when posed with a global challenge such as COVID-19.