9 months ago

Centre begins efforts to implement Labour Codes

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 unions seeking their cooperation to implement the controversial legislation. The Central Trade Unions had opposed the implementation of the codes citing that they will curtail trade unions’s rights and social security measures for workers. The BMS also demanded detailed consultations with all trade unions on Labour Codes and to implement the codes at the earliest rectifying the defects,” Mr. Himte said. We urge Mr. Mandaviya to hold the ILC rather than meeting CTUs individually,” Ms. Kaur said, and added that several of the issues of the workers remain unresolved and implementation of the four Labour Codes would worsen the living standards of workers further.

The Hindu

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