2026 LLR WEB 810 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Employer who delays acceptance of resignation cannot deny salary for the period resignation remained pending. SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE Resignation Acceptance of resignation Delayed acceptance Employer-employee relationship Salary during interregnum Doctrine of approbate and reprobate Sexual ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 809 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT A workman engaged through an outsourcing agency on part-time basis cannot be regularised but is entitled to enhanced lump sum compensation. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE Outsourcing agency Part-time Group-D employees Illegal termination Reinstatement Lump sum compensation Enhancement Letters Patent Appeal Condonation of delay Poverty a...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 808 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Where termination is illegal but reinstatement is waived, compensation at Rs.1,00,000/- per year of service is just and appropriate. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE Illegal termination Reinstatement waived Compensation in lieu Quantum Rate per completed year of service Voluntary abandonment distinguished Industrial Disputes Act, 194...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 807 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT A Central Government company engaged in seed production is a 'factory' and 'establishment' under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 and cannot claim exemption by compliance with the Standing Orders Act, 1946. LABOUR WELFARE FUND Unpaid accumulations Factory Establishment Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 Haryana Amendment Act of 2007 Section 26 omitted Section 2(4), Section 2(10), Section 3 ...... read full judgement