Bengaluru court allows general notice for service changes

The High Court in Bengaluru has ruled that companies do not need to send individual notices to all employees when changing service conditions that affect all workers in establishments with registered unions. A notice posted at the workplace and sent to the union secretary is sufficient. This decision came after BEML management challenged a previous labor court ruling that deemed their notice about changing vacation leave calculations illegal. The labor court had supported the employees' claim that individual notices were necessary. Justice Hegde clarified that this ruling does not apply to situations where changes affect only specific workers. The court upheld BEML's right to modify leave encashment calculations, stating that the employer can issue notices if authorized.