Govt to implement four new labour codes by April
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt to implement four new labour codes by April

Live Mint  

Giving a definite roadmap, the union government Wednesday said it will implement all the four labour codes by April 2021, and has now asked states to hasten the process, so that labour reforms can be implemented faster across the country. Union labour secretary, Apurva Chandra said Wednesday that rule making process is in full swing and the labour ministry will finalize the labour code rules by 15 November. The three codes on - social security, industrial relations and occupational safety – once implemented will offer industries flexibility in doing business, hiring and firing, make industrial strikes difficult while promoting fixed term employment, reducing influence of trade unions and expanding social security net for informal sector workers. The ministry authorities on Wednesday said once implemented by April, the industries will have to file just one compliance return for all the four codes, as against the current practice of over 20 filings.

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Labour to strengthen workers’ rights, women employee safety in focus: Economic Survey
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Labour to strengthen workers’ rights, women employee safety in focus: Economic Survey

Live Mint  

The Economic Survey 2024-25 on Friday highlights the significance of the four labour codes enacted by Parliament in strengthening workers' rights. These codes, namely the Code on Wages, 2019, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020, will play a vital role in enhancing workers' rights. Among …

Centre convenes meet with all states to hasten labour codes roll-out
2 months ago

Centre convenes meet with all states to hasten labour codes roll-out

Hindustan Times  

Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya met his counterparts from all 36 states and federally-administered territories at a two-day conference beginning January 29 to “exchange notes and review” the final set of steps in the framing of draft rules to roll out the four labour codes, along with other reforms to boost employment, an official said on Wednesday. Centre convenes meet …

High-level meeting expects States to frame Labour Code rules by March 31
2 months ago

High-level meeting expects States to frame Labour Code rules by March 31

The Hindu  

Setting the stage for the possible implementation of the four Labour Codes from April 1, a meeting of the officials and Ministers of the Union Labour Ministry and State Labour Ministries has reviewed the progress in drafting of rules under the Codes by the States. The remaining States/U.T.s have made satisfactory progress and all 36 States and U.T.s are expected …

Centre likely to roll out labour codes by early next financial year
2 months, 1 week ago

Centre likely to roll out labour codes by early next financial year

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Centre is likely to implement the long-pending labour codes by early next financial year even if one state fails to wrap up the process of framing draft rules, as nearly all states and Union territories are done with finalising these norms, a person aware of the development said. The four labour codes passed by Parliament during 2019-20 …

Labour reforms, social security for informal workers, transformative policies on cards in 2025
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour reforms, social security for informal workers, transformative policies on cards in 2025

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 30 Speedy implementation of labour codes, providing social security to informal workers, especially gig and platform, and bringing transformative policies would be the government's priority in 2025 to empower all and boost the economy. The four labour codes on social security, industrial relations, wages, and Occupational Safety Health & Working Conditions were passed by Parliament. While provisions …

Five States yet to publish draft rules on Labour Codes: Centre
4 months ago

Five States yet to publish draft rules on Labour Codes: Centre

The Hindu  

Four of 36 States and union territories in the country are yet to publish the draft rules on the Code on Wages passed by the Parliament in 2019, while five States have not released the draft rules on the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, passed in 2020, the …

Centre-states meet on Friday to fast-track labour codes
7 months ago

Centre-states meet on Friday to fast-track labour codes

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Union minister of state for labour, Shobha Karandlaje, will chair a consultative meeting on Friday with representatives of all southern states to quicken the implementation of the labour codes, an official said. Union minister of state for labour, Shobha Karandlaje with Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya This will be the first meeting to be chaired by a minister …

Centre begins efforts to implement Labour Codes
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre begins efforts to implement Labour Codes

The Hindu  

Almost a month after the swearing-in of the Narendra Modi government for the third term, the Union Labour Ministry has started efforts to implement the four Labour Codes, which were passed in Parliament in its second term in 2019 and 2020. New Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Labour Secretary Sumita Dawra have started meeting representatives of various trade …

Govt to hold more talks with states on labour codes
9 months ago

Govt to hold more talks with states on labour codes

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Implementing the four labour codes passed by the Modi government in its previous term is a top priority but the process could take several months because many states lacked “a full understanding” of the gamut of reforms and their scope, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Govt to hold more talks with states on labour …

Less take home salary, likely 4-day work week: India’s new labour laws may be implemented next fiscal year
3 years, 3 months ago

Less take home salary, likely 4-day work week: India’s new labour laws may be implemented next fiscal year

Live Mint  

The four labour codes on wages, social security, industrial relations and occupation safety, health and working conditions are likely to be implemented by the next financial year, news agency PTI reported citing a senior government official. The four codes, if implemented, will drastically alter the way industrial houses treat their employees and also impact the working hours, take home salary …

Labour on hit list for three decades
3 years, 6 months ago

Labour on hit list for three decades

The Hindu  

On June 30, President Ram Nath Kovind promulgated the Essential Defence Services Ordinance, 2021, which empowers the Central government to prohibit strikes in essential defence services. Permanent employment was seen as counterproductive to workers’ productivity and establishments increasingly began moving towards short-term employment contracts even in permanent forms of work and outsourcing of work, including in government. On the government …

National Employment Policy to take shape by December, says Labour Bureau DG DS Negi
4 years, 2 months ago

National Employment Policy to take shape by December, says Labour Bureau DG DS Negi

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour and Employment is likely to give a shape to the National Employment Policy by December this year following the implementation of four labour codes and completion of four major surveys, including on one migrant workers. The implementation of these four labour codes would provide a conducive legal framework for universalisation of social security and …

Labour Rights And Ease Of Doing Business: Concurring The Calibrations
4 years, 4 months ago

Labour Rights And Ease Of Doing Business: Concurring The Calibrations

Live Law  

India jumped to 63rd rank by 14 points in 2019 in the Ease of Doing Business Score by World Bank and has been one of the few consistent risers in the said list. With each State offering various sops to woo establishment of businesses or even migration of established industries from other States to theirs and the bull's eye set …

New Labour Laws Brought by Centre are Not 'Reforms' but 'Regression', Says Aruna Roy
4 years, 5 months ago

New Labour Laws Brought by Centre are Not 'Reforms' but 'Regression', Says Aruna Roy

News 18  

Aruna Roy is one of those rare activists who has successfully straddled the multiple worlds of grassroots activism as well as policymaking. Question: The BJP-led NDA government has viewed its recently promulgated labour laws as part of its ‘reforms’ process that is aimed at simplifying legislation on labour, improving the ease of doing business, as well as protecting workers’ interest. …

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]

Live Law  

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the three Labour Codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 The Code on Social Security, 2020 The three codes are part of the four codes that consolidate 29 central labour laws. The Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 repeals as many as 13 central …

Govt aiming to implement all four labour codes in one go by December, says Santosh Gangwar
4 years, 6 months ago

Govt aiming to implement all four labour codes in one go by December, says Santosh Gangwar

Firstpost  

The labour ministry had circulated the draft rules on the Wage Code Bill last year but held back its finalisation and implementation New Delhi: The government is aiming to implement all the four labour codes in one go by December this year and complete the final stretch of labour sector reforms, Union minister Santosh Gangwar has said. The labour ministry …

Govt Looks to Implement 4 Amended Labour Codes by December, Says Santosh Gangwar
4 years, 6 months ago

Govt Looks to Implement 4 Amended Labour Codes by December, Says Santosh Gangwar

News 18  

New Delhi: The government is aiming to implement all the four labour codes in one go by December this year and complete the final stretch of labour sector reforms, Union minister Santosh Gangwar has said. Parliament in its just concluded session passed three labour code bills: the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code, and the Occupational Safety, Health and …

Code debate: The Hindu Editorial on new labour codes
4 years, 6 months ago

Code debate: The Hindu Editorial on new labour codes

The Hindu  

Some laws are far too important and have far too much impact on the people to be passed in haste or without sufficient deliberation. The Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, are an updated version of the respective Codes of 2019, which were scrutinised by a Standing Committee. The …

Parliament Clears Three Codes To Reform Indian Labour Laws [Read Bills]
4 years, 6 months ago

Parliament Clears Three Codes To Reform Indian Labour Laws [Read Bills]

Live Law  

The Rajya Sabha today passed three Labour codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 The Code on Social Security, 2020 These Bills were introduced by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar. Inter-state migrant workers and unorganized workers Inter-state migrant workers include a person who: has been recruited by an employer or contractor for …

Rajya Sabha approves three codes subsuming 25 central labour laws
4 years, 6 months ago

Rajya Sabha approves three codes subsuming 25 central labour laws

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved three labour codes subsuming 25 central labour laws, effecting a major reform that has been on the table for at least 17 years. The three codes on -- social security, industrial relations and occupational safety – already cleared by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, will now offer industries flexibility in …

Lok Sabha Passes Three Labour Codes for 'Healthy Environment to Workers' Amid Boycott by Opposition
4 years, 6 months ago

Lok Sabha Passes Three Labour Codes for 'Healthy Environment to Workers' Amid Boycott by Opposition

News 18  

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed three labour codes amid boycott of the House proceedings by several Opposition parties, including the Congress, in protest against the suspension of eight Rajya Sabha members. Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said the House is witnessing a historic day as these codes would provide salary security, social security and proper environment at workplaces to 50 …

Cabinet Discusses Labour Reforms, to Push Remaining 3 Codes in Monsoon Session
4 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet Discusses Labour Reforms, to Push Remaining 3 Codes in Monsoon Session

News 18  

The Union Cabinet is believed to have discussed labour reforms in detail on Tuesday so that the remaining three Codes pending in the Lok Sabha could be pushed for Parliament nod during the Monsoon session beginning on Monday. The government wants to push all three remaining labour codes pending in the Lok Sabha for passage," a source said. Earlier this …

Three Labour Codes to be Tabled in Monsoon Session of Parliament: Santosh Gangwar
4 years, 6 months ago

Three Labour Codes to be Tabled in Monsoon Session of Parliament: Santosh Gangwar

News 18  

Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said remaining three labour codes on industrial relations, social security and occupational safety and health will be tabled in the ensuing Monsoon session of the Parliament. We have circulated draft rules of the Code on Wages which would also be finalised soon,” Gangwar said addressing a virtual FICCI conference on ‘Code on Wages: Safeguarding …

Opinion | Govt needs to simplify, rationalize labour laws to make them effective
5 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Govt needs to simplify, rationalize labour laws to make them effective

Live Mint  

India has 44 central, 387 state labour laws, 67 central and 1,333 state labour filings and 674 central and 26,484 labour compliances. Upto 45% wage confiscation due to mandatory social security deductions has led to a large section of the workforce choosing to be informal. To begin with, it subsumes Payment of Gratuity Act, Maternity Benefit Act, Employee Compensation Act, …

Tread with caution: on labour laws
5 years, 8 months ago

Tread with caution: on labour laws

The Hindu  

As part of its commitment to simplify and consolidate labour rules and laws under four codes, the Union Cabinet has cleared the Occupational, Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, a week after it approved the Code on Wages Bill. The Code on labour safety and working conditions include regular and mandatory medical examinations for workers, issuing of appointment letters, and …

Worker safety code Bill gets Cabinet approval
5 years, 8 months ago

Worker safety code Bill gets Cabinet approval

The Hindu  

A Bill that seeks to merge 13 labour laws into one code on occupational safety, health and working conditions that would apply to all establishments with 10 or more workers was approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, paving the way for its introduction in Parliament. The Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Bill, 2019, which would impact …

Three Labour Codes under different stages of formulation: Government
5 years, 8 months ago

Three Labour Codes under different stages of formulation: Government

India TV News  

The government Monday said four Labour Codes have been drafted after exhaustive consultations with various stakeholders and three of them are at different stages of formulation. The Code on Industrial Relations, The Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions, and the Code on Social Security are at different stages of formulation, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh …

Cabinet approves Code on Wages Bill
5 years, 8 months ago

Cabinet approves Code on Wages Bill

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Code on Wages Bill, which subsumes existing laws regarding minimum wages and other workers’ remuneration issues as part of the government’s efforts to improve ease of doing business. Speaking to the media after the Cabinet meting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Cabinet had approved Bills on arbitration, wage code and …

‘Bill to simplify labour laws coming’
8 years, 1 month ago

‘Bill to simplify labour laws coming’

The Hindu  

The Central government, which is amalgamating labour laws into four major codes, will introduce a bill in the next Parliament session to introduce two of these codes, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said here on Friday. After a meeting with members of textile industry associations at Southern India Mills’ Association, the Minister told medipersons that the …

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