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The Labour reforms will ensure ‘Ease of Doing Business.’ These are cutting-edge laws aimed at empowering businesses by minimizing red tape and compliance and existing ‘Inspector Raj’.The new Labour code seeks to cater to the needs of industry and the workers which keep on changing. Accordingly, the law also needs to be changed, reviewed and rationalized. The new Labour Code ensures that minimum wages are paid on time and workers' occupational safety is prioritised. The measures will help to improve the working environment, which will help to boost economic growth.
Since labour is a concurrent subject, both the central and state governments have to frame the rules. The present central government initiated a comprehensive process of labour law reforms by undertaking the exercise of codification of a large number of existing labour legislation in 4 major Labour Codes which are yet to be notified. They are:
The Code on Wages, 2019 was introduced to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages, bonus and matters incidental to the same.
Highlights:
CHANGES MADE UNDER THE CODE ON WAGES, 2019
[1]https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/bareacts/minimumwages/8.php?Title=Minimum%20Wages%20Act,%201948&STitle=Central%20Advisory%20Board
[2]https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_6_0_00035_201929_1608714855550§ionId=51654§ionno=42&orderno=42
[3]https://www.mondaq.com/india/employee-benefits-compensation/627248/payment-of-wages-act-salary-threshold-revised
The Code introduces provisions for simplifying compliance burdens and promoting ease of doing business in an establishment.
The code seeks to simplify labour laws by amalgamating various enactments such as:
CHANGES MADE UNDER THE CODE OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 2020
[1] https://labour.gov.in/sites/default/files/THEINDUSTRIALDISPUTES_ACT1947_0.pdf
[2] https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222118.pdf
[3] https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1946-20.pdf
The code on Social Security was introduced to provide social security benefits by extending its goals to the employees and workers. It is an amalgamation of nine central laws.
CHANGES MADE IN THE CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, 2020:
The Code defines “Fixed Term Employment” and “Platform Worker”.
The term “Employee” had been defined which is applicable across all the provisions.[1]
[1] https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-code-on-social-security-2020
[2] Ibid
The code was introduced in the Parliament to regulate and manage safety and health conditions in industries and establishments.
CHANGES MADE VIDE THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH and WORKING CONDITIONS CODE, 2020.
Latest Updates related to implementation of labour code:
[1] https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/oct/doc202110531.pdf
[2] https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1807645
[3] https://labour.gov.in/sites/default/files/OSH_Gazette.pdf
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