Opinion | Time to simplify India’s archaic labour laws
5 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | Time to simplify India’s archaic labour laws

Live Mint  

Astrong mandate leading to a stable government at the centre has reignited the hopes of many. The new government must show its continued commitment to transparency, cutting red tape and nipping corruption by declaring a deadline for implementing India Stack—which is paperless, presence-less, and cashless. The new government must form National Apprenticeship Corp. by merging the Regional Directorate of Skill Development and the Entrepreneurship and Board of Apprenticeship Training to achieve the objective of training the 10 million apprentices and finding jobs through an exclusive job portal. We need to introduce a Universal Enterprise Number to replace the 25-plus current numbers that enterprises get from multiple government departments. One hopes the new government will prioritize its growth agenda and balance the compulsions of a political economy well.

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Labour to strengthen workers’ rights, women employee safety in focus: Economic Survey
1 month, 3 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 likely to roll out labour codes by early next financial year
2 months 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, 3 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 …

Quest for consistent social security across Indian states
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Quest for consistent social security across Indian states

Hindustan Times  

A wave of legislation aimed at regulating social security for gig and platform workers is sweeping through Indian states. While the CoSS 2020 clearly outlines social security benefits for workers, state regulations lack this specificity, creating uncertainty about the support they will provide. Without specified benefits, state laws could lead to avoidable delays, costly duplication, and ultimately, suboptimal social security …

Govt to hold more talks with states on labour codes
8 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 …

India’s over 400 million informal labour market requires a structural shift: ISF
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s over 400 million informal labour market requires a structural shift: ISF

The Hindu  

India with almost 85% informal labour, generating more than half of the country’s GDP, requires a structural shift towards structured and formal employment, said The Indian Staffing Federation, the apex body representing the country’s contract staffing industry, Suchita Dutta, Executive Director, Indian Staffing Federation observed, ‘‘The plight of lower-income and semi-skilled workers underscores the pressing need for concerted action. In …

New Labour Code: Unorganised Workers To Get Benefits Of Employees' State Insurance Scheme
2 years, 8 months ago

New Labour Code: Unorganised Workers To Get Benefits Of Employees' State Insurance Scheme

News 18  

The four new labour codes — new wage code on wages, social security, industrial relations, and occupation safety, health and working conditions — are soon going to become a reality. Once implemented, under the social security code, the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme of India will be opened up for the unorganised sector workers also. ESIC and the New Social Security …

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 …

4-day work-week, change in salary: India's new labour codes likely in FY 2022-23
3 years, 3 months ago

4-day work-week, change in salary: India's new labour codes likely in FY 2022-23

Hindustan Times  

India is likely to implement four new labour codes on wages, social security, industrial relations, and occupational safety by the next fiscal year beginning 2022, according to a senior government official cited by the PTI news agency. If the new labour codes are implemented, there's a likelihood that employees in India may be able to enjoy a four-day workweek from …

Govt seeks to mend fences with unions to roll out labour codes
3 years, 7 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, …

The shaky foundation of the labour law reforms
3 years, 7 months ago

The shaky foundation of the labour law reforms

The Hindu  

The National Democratic Alliance government enacted the Code on Wages in August 2019 and the other three Codes, viz., the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code and Code on Social Security in September 2020. In the meanwhile, the Supreme Court of India has exerted pressure on both the central and the State governments to implement …

Labour regulations need both clarity and uniformity
4 years ago

Labour regulations need both clarity and uniformity

Live Mint  

Workers are often rightly identified as the lifeblood of any organization or industry. As these neo-industries take shape and help expand India’s economy, labour regulations must cater to their workers’ needs and be cognizant of emerging businesses and organizational models. Further, the law on standing orders adopted a very wide definition of ‘industrial establishments’ that is now being applied to …

Formalising social security for the informal sector
4 years, 1 month ago

Formalising social security for the informal sector

The Hindu  

During the Budget speech, the Finance inister talked about the 20-year long process of implementing the labour codes in India. These codes passed by the Lok Sabha in the previous year includes the extension of Employee State Insurance and other social security mechanisms to gig economy workers. The Code on Social Security provides for Provident Fund, Gratuity, Employees’ State Insurance …

Govt aiming to implement all four labour codes in one go by December, says Santosh Gangwar
4 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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 …

Code debate: The Hindu Editorial on new labour codes
4 years, 5 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 …

Parliament Passes Three Key Labour Reform Bills amid Boycott by Opposition Parties
4 years, 6 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, 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 …

Are India’s labour laws too restrictive?
4 years, 10 months ago

Are India’s labour laws too restrictive?

The Hindu  

Some State governments including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have proposed ordinances to exempt manufacturing establishments from the purview of most labour laws. Possibly, if certain other conditions are also met., there is no reason to believe that labour laws by themselves will do anything to improve job creation. If none of that is in place, a simple tweaking of …

UP, MP ease labour laws: India needs to ride this wave focussing on employee health, safety and correct 'miserable' record in this matter
4 years, 10 months ago

UP, MP ease labour laws: India needs to ride this wave focussing on employee health, safety and correct 'miserable' record in this matter

Firstpost  

The Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat state governments have relaxed labour laws in a bid to attract investment and restart economic activity that was paralysed by the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown. Industry points to challenges, need for ease of labour laws “The new rules are tough, but are needed as these are extraordinary circumstances," said Mahesh Singhi, founder, home-grown merger …

Kerala will not dilute labour laws, says Labour Minister
4 years, 10 months ago

Kerala will not dilute labour laws, says Labour Minister

The Hindu  

Making clear that Kerala has not taken any steps to dilute labour laws, Labour Minister T.P. Some states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, had decided this week to suspend major labour laws for a few years to promote investment in light of the COVID-19 epidemic. CPI Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem, a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee …

Why India’s labour is rejecting a new deal
5 years, 2 months ago

Why India’s labour is rejecting a new deal

Live Mint  

Labour reform was a big promise that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in 2014. While the corporate sector will see wage hikes of nearly 10% this year, the agricultural labour market saw a drop in real wages for the first time in recent years. Social insurance schemes, minimum wage laws, trade unions, …

India at work: Labour reforms aim to boost wages and productivity
5 years, 4 months ago

India at work: Labour reforms aim to boost wages and productivity

Al Jazeera  

Critics of the new reforms say streamlining India’s complex labour laws may help companies more than workers. As a labourer in the informal sector, flipping between physically demanding jobs that offer no social security benefits such as pensions, 23-year-old Kumar is among the 500 million workers that India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment says will benefit from legal reforms. According …

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, …

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 …

Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms to spur investments, job creations: SBI report
5 years, 9 months ago

Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms to spur investments, job creations: SBI report

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Centre and state governments need to pursue labour law reforms as these are necessary for improving investment and generating employment, said SBI in its research report ‘Ecowrap’ on Thursday. Observing that initiatives taken towards labour law reforms till date are “miniscule”, the report said that in an economy like India, which has a large workforce, it is …

Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report
5 years, 9 months ago

Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report

India TV News  

The Centre and state governments need to pursue labour law reforms as these are necessary for improving investment and generating employment, said SBI in its research report 'Ecowrap' Thursday. Observing that initiatives taken towards labour law reforms till date are "miniscule", the report said that in an economy like India, which has a large workforce, it is important to improve …

NITI Aayog unveils strategy document to make India $5-trillion economy by 2030; pitches for labour reforms, social security
6 years, 3 months ago

NITI Aayog unveils strategy document to make India $5-trillion economy by 2030; pitches for labour reforms, social security

Firstpost  

The NITI Aayog Wednesday unveiled a strategy document with an aim to accelerate growth to 8 percent and propel the country towards a $5-trillion economy by 2030. NITI Aayog has pitched for completing labour reforms, increasing participation of women workers, implementing minimum wage, improving employment data collection and broadening social security in its ‘Strategy for New India @75’ document. About …

Opinion | Labour reform is important to support economic growth
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Labour reform is important to support economic growth

Live Mint  

For industrial growth, and ease of doing business in India, labour reforms is a must, and should be considered as a top priority for governments in the centre as well as in states. The code is expected to effect fair periodic inspections, mandatory registration of workplaces, and surprise checks in companies among other provisions to ensure better working condition and …

Govt working on universal social security scheme, aims to cover workers from informal sector
7 years, 2 months ago

Govt working on universal social security scheme, aims to cover workers from informal sector

Firstpost  

The government of India is working on the draft of a new social security scheme that would offer a safety cover all workers including those from the informal sector The government of India is working on the draft of a new social security scheme that would offer a safety cover for all workers including those from the informal sector who …

‘Bill to simplify labour laws coming’
8 years 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 …

Want to attract more FDI into India? Make labour laws flexible, says report
10 years, 5 months ago

Want to attract more FDI into India? Make labour laws flexible, says report

Firstpost  

The report said that existing companies, including MNC subsidiaries, appear to have learnt to manage and expand even despite these constraints. Mumbai: As existing companies have learnt to manage and expand despite labour laws constraints, formal flexibility and improved compliance would help attract more FDI, especially in the manufacturing sector, says a report. Besides competitiveness, reliability is a key metric …

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