May 2026

Introduction The promise of a minimum wage is one of the foundational commitments of the Indian state to its working poor. Enacted through the Minimum Wages Act 1948, the commitment

Introduction Fixed-term employment has been a defining feature of the informal contractualisation that Indian employers have used to manage labour costs and maintain operational flexibility since at least the 1980s.

Introduction In August 2022, Wipro’s chairman Rishad Premji announced that the company had dismissed around three hundred employees for working for competitor companies while on Wipro’s payroll, describing the practice

Introduction The Sexual Harassment of Women at Work (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, universally known as the POSH Act, represents India’s most comprehensive statutory response to workplace sexual harassment.

Introduction India’s e-commerce sector has grown with extraordinary velocity, generating enormous logistical infrastructure. The warehouses, fulfilment centres, and last-mile delivery networks that support companies like Amazon India, Flipkart, Meesho, and

Introduction Few areas of Indian employment law generate more litigation, more practitioner debate, and more unresolved doctrinal tension than the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment contracts. The large IT,

Introduction The integration of artificial intelligence into employment decision-making has proceeded at remarkable speed in India’s large corporations. From automated resume screening tools that eliminate applications before a human reviewer

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic compressed into three years a transformation in Indian working practices that might otherwise have taken a decade to materialise. Millions of knowledge economy workers, concentrated in

Introduction In September and October 2020, Parliament enacted the last of four labour codes that together represent the most ambitious consolidation of labour legislation in independent India’s history. The Code

Introduction The rapid expansion of platform-mediated work in India has produced a class of workers who occupy an uncomfortable legal limbo. Drivers who ferry passengers for Ola and Uber, delivery