Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]
4 years, 6 months ago

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]

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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 labour laws and empowers the state government to exempt any new factory from the provisions of the new Code, in order to create more economic activity and employment. The Code on Social Security, 2020 subsumes and rationalises 9 central labour laws and empowers the central government to set up funds for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers. Also, the State Governments are mandated to frame shceme for these employees in relation to provident fund; employment injury benefit; housing; educational schemes for children; skill upgradation of workers; funeral assistance; and old age homes Every unorganised worker, gig worker or platform worker shall be required to be registered under the Code provided that the person has completed 16 years of age.

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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 …

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 codes part of neo-liberal project to perpetuate inequality, says economist
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour codes part of neo-liberal project to perpetuate inequality, says economist

The Hindu  

The four labour codes launched by the Union government are part of a neo-liberal project to transfer wealth and resources from one class of society to another, perpetuating inequality and private profiteering, economist R. Ramakumar has said. He was delivering the keynote address on the changing labour laws at an event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Kerala Circle …

10 trade unions threaten to call a general strike if Centre notifies new labour codes
2 months, 3 weeks ago

10 trade unions threaten to call a general strike if Centre notifies new labour codes

The Hindu  

A platform of 10 central trade unions from the Opposition camp has warned the Centre that it will call a general strike if the Centre notifies the four labour codes. The issue of implementation of the labour codes had come up in a pre-budget meeting the CTUs had with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the 10 unions asked her …

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

Trade Union Recognition Under The Industrial Relations Code,2020, Needs Introspection
2 years, 1 month ago

Trade Union Recognition Under The Industrial Relations Code,2020, Needs Introspection

Live Law  

According to the International Labour Organization, collective bargaining can be defined as “the key means through which employers and their organizations and trade unions can establish fair wages and working conditions.” Though the Indian Constitution doesn’t explicitly provide for a fundamental right of collective bargaining, the Supreme Court held in All India Bank Employees vs National Industrial Tribunal that the …

Expanding Social Security Coverage For Informal Sector Workers To Be Focus In 2023: Labour Min
2 years, 3 months ago

Expanding Social Security Coverage For Informal Sector Workers To Be Focus In 2023: Labour Min

ABP News  

Expanding the social security coverage for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the key priorities for the government in 2023, as efforts continue to strengthen the country's labour market. With India set to host G-20 leaders' summit for the first time next year, the Union labour ministry will also pursue key employment-related agenda …

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 …

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, …

A collage of laws that leaves the worker out in the cold
3 years, 10 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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Labour Code 2020: Overwhelming Majority of Workers Remain Vulnerable
4 years, 6 months ago

Labour Code 2020: Overwhelming Majority of Workers Remain Vulnerable

News 18  

The government has been at the receiving end this past week, from farmers as well as from workers in India’s vast informal sector. These broadly relate to workers’ right to strike and have pre-defined working hours, employers’ right to hire and fire and provision of social security benefits to gig workers, among others. An analysis by brokerage Edelweiss notes that …

Breaking down the new labour codes passed by Parliament | The Hindu In Focus podcast
4 years, 6 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 Laws Explained (Part 1): Industrial Relations Code 2020
4 years, 6 months ago

New Labour Laws Explained (Part 1): Industrial Relations Code 2020

Live Law  

The Parliament recently passed three major bills related to labour laws. They are :Industrial Relations Code Bill 2020.Social Security Code Bill, 2020.Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Bill, 2020.In this part, we will explain the Industrial Relations Code 2020 and the major changes brought by it.Industrial Relations Code, 2020.The Industrial Relations Code seeks to amalgamate and combine three major …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Labour ministry introduces bill allowing companies with more than 300 workers to fire staff without its permission
4 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 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 …

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, …

Industrial relations code bill introduced in Lok Sabha: Bill to provide fixed-term employment, amalgamate three labour laws
5 years, 4 months ago

Industrial relations code bill introduced in Lok Sabha: Bill to provide fixed-term employment, amalgamate three labour laws

Firstpost  

Industrial Relations Code, 2019 was introduced by Labour minister who said that there was nothing in it which was against the interests of labourers New Delhi: A bill which provides for fixed-term employment and amalgamates three labour laws, Trade Union Act, Industrial Employment Act and Industrial Disputes Act, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Industrial Relations Code, 2019 …

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 …

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 …

Govt seen going full throttle on labour reforms in 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

Govt seen going full throttle on labour reforms in 2019

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre will spare no effort to push through some key labour reforms in the new year and is expected to get Parliament’s nod on at least two codes on wages as well as industrial relations before going to general elections. In line with the recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour, the ministry has taken steps …

‘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 …

Government to carefully examine 'hire and fire' clause in new law
9 years, 7 months ago

Government to carefully examine 'hire and fire' clause in new law

India TV News  

New Delhi: The government today said it will carefully examine the “hire and fire” clause under the draft Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015, that seeks to make retrenchment easier for employers. The decision on the proposed “hire and fire” clause will not be taken in haste, labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said today. The draft bill proposes to make …

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