EPF Act Section 14(B) Allows Flexibility in Damages, Upholds 50% Penalty Reduction for Bake 'N' Joy Bakery: Kerala High Court Clarifies

Act: Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 Topic: Reduction of Damages under Section 14(B) - Central Government Industrial Tribunal-Cum-Labour Court Decision In a recent development, the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund, represented by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner in Kannur, has filed a writ petition challenging the decision of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-Cum-Labour Court (the Tribunal). The Tribunal, in Appeal No. 117 of…