TCS warns employees over work from office rules, says action will be taken if they fail to comply
Contents News/Article Date: 1st June 2023
Relating to which Act: The Indian Constitution grants the Central and state governments the powers to enact laws to protect the employees and foster a professional work environment. Based on the industry, nature of the work, number of employees in the company, location, and more, there are various legislations like the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 (ID Act), Factories Act 1948 (Factories Act), and Shops and Establishment Acts in relevant states (S&E Act).
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Pertains to: Establishments and Employees in all types of Organizations running businesses for profit or non profit
Relevance of this news: Karma Global is in the business of HR Services, Payroll, Outsourcing and Regulatory Compliances right from its inception in 2004 and since then, has brought in a lot of efficiencies and technological upgradations with experts on its roll, to ease the hassles of Payroll Processing, Temp Staffing, On-boarding, Employee Life Cycle, Statutory, Regulatory and Payroll compliances by providing customized solutions to all its elite clients.
Now Karma Global is also fully into labour compliances for nearly 18 years and is helping both establishments and workers for fulfilment of obligations as per the laws of the land. It has over 200 staff, both direct and indirect on its rolls and operates on pan India basis. Recently, it has diversified into foreign shores as well, into countries like US, UK, UAE, Canada, and South East Asia for handling payroll, outsourcing, recruitment, compliance and governance.
Karma Global handles the obligations of all provisions contained in the labour acts and rules. Employees are entitled to several benefits under the Employment Act, including annual paid leave, sick leave, maternity benefits, paid public holidays, etc. Employers must ensure that they meet all of the Act’s standards and that the contract conditions reflect this.
Businesses must comply with the following requirements of the Act in particular:
- Minimum wage
- Maternity benefits
- Revision of wages
- Safer work environment
- Adaptive work culture
- Issuance of employment contracts
- Social contributions
- Health care and insurance
- Holidays and annual leave
- Termination, severance pay, grievance handling, redressed
And in the current instance
TCS has issued a warning to employees to comply with the company’s work from office policy. It wants people to work from office for three days a week, which is 12 days a month. TCS has also threatened in its memo that if employees fail to come to office for the required time period, then strict measures will be taken against them.
Subject: TCS warns employees over work from office rules, says action will be taken if they fail to comply
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TCS warns employees over work from office rules, says action will be taken if they fail to comply
Source: India Today
TCS has issued a warning to employees to comply with the company’s work from office policy. It wants people to work from office for three days a week. It has made it clear that strict action will be taken if they fail to follow the rules.
TCS has issued a warning to employees to comply with the company’s work from office policy. It wants people to work from office for three days a week, which is 12 days a month. TCS has also threatened in its memo that if employees fail to come to office for the required time period, then strict measures will be taken against them.
“You are warned and directed to start reporting to work from your office location as per the assigned roster with immediate effect,” the company said in its latest memo to employees and the letter was obtained by TOI.
When asked about the policy, the company asserted that many people have joined the company in the last two years, and that it is important for the employees to better know the place and deliver good results. TCS believes that working from office helps meet the objective and the firm expects people to work from office for a fewer day. Hence, it is ensuring that the employees follow the rules.
“We are excited to see our campuses buzzing with energy and want all our employees to be a part of that vibrant ecosystem. A significant number of employees have joined TCS in the last two years. It is important for them to experience the TCS environment to collaborate, learn, grow and also have fun together, thus developing a stronger sense of belonging to the organization and enabling better integration. Over the last several months, we have been encouraging associates in India to return to office and spend 3 days a week at the workplace,” the company said in a statement given to India Today Tech.
“Over the last several months we have been encouraging associates in India to return to office and spend 3 days a week at the workplace. This has yielded good results with many of our people returning to office. Our objective is to have all associates work from office for at least 3 days a week on average in the month, and towards the same we continue working with all our groups to have everyone participate,” the statement added.
Additionally, people who want to work from home for more than two days have been asked to complete their 12-day office attendance, which basically means if one will have to adjust their work from home days in other weeks of a month. As of now, TCS hasn’t mentioned what all strict measures would be taken if the employees don’t comply with the work from office policy.
Previously, the company has made it pretty clear to its old employees that work from home is mandatory and that people would see deductions in salary or leaves if they don’t follow the roster that has been given to each one of them. It is unknown whether the same will also be done this time.