New mother drags Wangchuk’s HIAL to court over unpaid maternity dues

Leh, Nov 5: The Himalayan Institute of Alternative Ladakh (HIAL), founded by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, is facing a labour dispute over allegations of denying statutory maternity benefits to a former woman employee, withholding her wages and withholding her experience certificate, with the Labour Court in Leh listing the matter for final orders on November 7.   The complainant, Amina Khatoon, who worked with HIAL since 2023, has alleged that the institution withheld her 26 weeks of statuto

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