Lok Sabha Passes Three Labour Codes for 'Healthy Environment to Workers' Amid Boycott by Opposition
4 years, 3 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 crore workers of the country. The objective of these laws are to provide all kinds of facilities and healthy environment to workers, Gangwar said, adding that in the last six years, the government has taken several steps for employees such as increase in maternity leave period to 26 weeks, allowing women to work in mines sector and pension scheme for small traders. On Saturday, Gangwar introduced the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the Code on Social Security, 2020.

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Centre-states meet on Friday to fast-track labour codes
3 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months, 1 week 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
5 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Uttarakhand assembly likely to pass Uniform Civil Code Bill today
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttarakhand assembly likely to pass Uniform Civil Code Bill today

India Today  

The Uttarakhand Assembly is likely to pass the Uniform Civil Code Bill on Wednesday, making the BJP-ruled state the first in India to adopt such legislation. The bill was tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, and it will be taken up for discussion when the House reconvenes today. While the bill was presented in …

Govt. withdraws three criminal codes, to replace them with new Bills
1 year ago

Govt. withdraws three criminal codes, to replace them with new Bills

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed members of the Lok Sabha on December 11 that the three criminal codes that seek to replace the British-era laws will be withdrawn and replaced with three new Bills after incorporating the changes recommended by a parliamentary committee. The three criminal codes — Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, and the …

No decision to implement common civil code yet, Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha
1 year, 10 months ago

No decision to implement common civil code yet, Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

No decision has been taken on implementing a uniform civil code in the country “as of now”, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question by Mizo National Front member K. Vanlalvena, the Law Minister said the government had requested the 21st Law Commission to undertake examination of various issues relating …

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

Govt seeks to mend fences with unions to roll out labour codes
3 years, 4 months ago

Govt seeks to mend fences with unions to roll out labour codes

Live Mint  

The government is looking to resume formal negotiations with trade unions to ensure the smooth roll-out of four labour codes and other related policy steps. A senior labour ministry official said Union labour minister Bhupendra Yadav held a “courtesy” meeting with a dozen central trade unions recently. “Today, several burning issues such as that of migrant workers, labour law reforms, …

A collage of laws that leaves the worker out in the cold
3 years, 7 months ago

A collage of laws that leaves the worker out in the cold

The Hindu  

As COVID-19 destroys lives and livelihoods, an unprepared government has rendered low-paid, informal workers, who constitute 91% of the workforce, totally hapless, pushing them further into poverty. The SS Code 2020 merges existing social security laws and attempts to include informal workers within the ambit of social security administration. Hurdles for informal workers However, is the Code going to provide …

Worker, employer bodies seek changes to draft labour rules
4 years ago

Worker, employer bodies seek changes to draft labour rules

The Hindu  

The majority of the Central trade unions on Thursday boycotted the Labour and Employment Ministry’s consultation on the draft rules for the four labour codes enacted by the government in 2019 and 2020, terming the exercise a “farce”. Ten out of the 12 Central trade unions declined to attend the meeting called by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar. The letter …

Labour Rights And Ease Of Doing Business: Concurring The Calibrations
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Govt to implement four new labour codes by April
4 years, 2 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 …

The new labour codes: Labour’s loss
4 years, 2 months ago

The new labour codes: Labour’s loss

The Hindu  

PARLIAMENT passed on September 23 three labour code Bills when the opposition was boycotting the monsoon session on the issue of the farm Bills. The three Bills, the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, and the Social Security Code, along with the Code on Wages, 2019, amalgamate 44 labour laws. The worst feature of the …

RSS-affiliate Labour Union BMS to Hold Nationwide Protest Against Anti-worker Provisions in Labour Codes
4 years, 2 months ago

RSS-affiliate Labour Union BMS to Hold Nationwide Protest Against Anti-worker Provisions in Labour Codes

News 18  

New Delhi: RSS-aligned Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of anti-worker provisions in the labour codes and said it will hold a nationwide protest against the new laws on October 28. In a virtual press conference, BMS office bearers on Tuesday discussed the details of the resolutions passed in the 19th National conference of the union held virtually …

Trade unions to strike on November 26 against labour laws
4 years, 2 months ago

Trade unions to strike on November 26 against labour laws

The Hindu  

Ten Central trade unions will observe a nationwide general strike on November 26 to protest against the recent labour laws cleared by Parliament. Indian National Trade Union Congress president G. Sanjeeva Reddy said that for the working class, the Modi government’s rule was worse than the British regime. All India Trade Union Congress general secretary Amarjeet Kaur said the present …

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]
4 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

Breaking down the new labour codes passed by Parliament | The Hindu In Focus podcast
4 years, 2 months ago

Breaking down the new labour codes passed by Parliament | The Hindu In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Earlier this week, Parliament passed three new laws on social security, industrial relations and occupational safety that subsumed 25 Central labour laws. Along with the wage code that was passed in 2019 the NDA government has now merged 29 different labour laws into four codes and this is something that was badly needed because India’s labour laws are famously complicated …

New Labour Codes Have 'Weakened' Trade Unions, Removed 'Security Net' for Workers: Congress
4 years, 2 months ago

New Labour Codes Have 'Weakened' Trade Unions, Removed 'Security Net' for Workers: Congress

News 18  

New Delhi: Describing the three labour codes passed by Parliament as “anti-labour”, the Congress on Saturday attacked the government, alleging the legislations have “weakened” trade unions and removed the “security net” for workers. Parliament on Wednesday approved the three labour codes that will remove impediments to winding up of companies and allow firing of staff without government permission in firms …

Code debate: The Hindu Editorial on new labour codes
4 years, 2 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, 3 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 …

Parliament Passes Three Key Labour Reform Bills amid Boycott by Opposition Parties
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament Passes Three Key Labour Reform Bills amid Boycott by Opposition Parties

News 18  

Parliament on Wednesday approved three key labour reform bills that will remove impediments for winding up of companies and allow firing of staff without government permission in firms with up to 300 workers. Amid boycott by opposition parties including Congress and Left over suspension of eight MPs, Rajya Sabha passed by voice vote the three remaining labour codes on industrial …

Rajya Sabha approves three codes subsuming 25 central labour laws
4 years, 3 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 …

Parliament passes labour Bills amid boycott
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament passes labour Bills amid boycott

The Hindu  

Parliament on Wednesday passed three Bills that complete the government’s codification of 29 labour laws into four codes, with the Rajya Sabha passing the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Social Security Code, 2020. Strike notice Responding to concern that the Industrial Relations Code had imposed a 14-day notice period for …

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha clears three labour Bills
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha clears three labour Bills

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared three labour Bills amalgamating laws on social security, occupational safety and industrial relations which would usher in changes including allowing companies with less than 300 workers to hire and fire without prior approval and provide gig and platform workers social security. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, …

Labour ministry introduces bill allowing companies with more than 300 workers to fire staff without its permission
4 years, 3 months ago

Labour ministry introduces bill allowing companies with more than 300 workers to fire staff without its permission

Firstpost  

The proposal, which was the bone of contention between the Union ministry and trade unions, is part of the Industrial Relation Code Bill 2020 New Delhi: Companies having not less than 300 workers will soon be allowed to hire and fire workers without seeking prior government permission, with the Union labour ministry proposing changes to rules in a bill introduced …

Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

The government on Saturday introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to amalgamate laws on social security, occupational safety and industrial relations, which would, among other changes, allow companies with less than 300 workers to terminate employment without prior approval and provide gig and platform workers social security schemes. Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar introduced the Industrial Relations …

Govt Proposes Allowing Companies with More than 300 Workers to Fire Staff Without Its Nod
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt Proposes Allowing Companies with More than 300 Workers to Fire Staff Without Its Nod

News 18  

Companies having not less than 300 workers will soon be allowed to hire and fire workers without seeking prior government permission, with the labour ministry proposing changes to rules in a bill introduced in Lok Sabha on Saturday. The Industrial Relation Code Bill 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha last year and subsequently sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on …

Centre Introduces 3 Key Labour Codes in Lok Sabha, Says it Will Extend Social Security to All Workers
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Introduces 3 Key Labour Codes in Lok Sabha, Says it Will Extend Social Security to All Workers

News 18  

Amid ruckus in the house on Saturday, the government introduced three labour legislations, including the Code on Industrial Relations, the Social Security Code and the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Condition in the Lok Sabha. “We have included 174 out of 233 or 74% of the recommendations of the standing committee on labour across three codes being introduced …

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

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