The Bombay High Court recently held that arrears cannot be considered while calculating a person's salary for the purpose of compensation for a motor accident. Justice Shivkumar Dige, while upholding enhancement of compensation to the family of a deceased in an accident, deducted the amount of arrears mentioned in his salary slip while calculating monthly income. The court was dealing …
Despite the high inflation, households in the Netherlands’ real disposable income increased by 2.0 percent last year compared to 2021. Inflation amounted to 10 percent last year, but higher wages and government support for the high energy prices counteracted that. Collectively bargained wages increased 3.3 percent last year, and mixed-income was 9.7 percent higher than twelve months earlier. According to …
