The first quarter of the year 2022 witnessed several orders by the government in the wake of the Omicron wave as well as key employment law developments in Gujarat, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. On the judicial front, the Supreme Court issued orders in the case of the controversial Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, amongst others.

Several notable developments took place in the previous quarter in the field of labour and employment law with the state governments implementing stringent measures to deal with the third wave of Covid-19 followed by subsequent relaxations. The Supreme Court’s order on payment of damages for provident fund arrears and interim stay on the Haryana local candidates' law were keenly watched. In this update, we discuss these developments as well as the effect of the new Gujarat budget on remittance of professional tax, amendment in the Maharashtra Shops and Establishment Act and implementation of the new law on employment of local candidates in Jharkhand.

The original version of this article was first published in the Trilegal Quarterly Roundup.

Key Developments

1. Covid-19 Updates - Onset of Omicron and subsequent orders

The quarter started with employers and employees gearing up to handle the spread of the Omicron variant by implementing prevention measures. This was followed by a decline in cases in several parts of the country and consequent lifting of restrictions and relaxations by central and state governments.

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