Labor Codes: Updates & Cases

Most of India’s labour laws were framed shortly after independence when it was a predominantly manufacturing/agrarian economy, often stuck in the quagmire of a License Raj. The protectionist and socialist undertones determining the labour laws at the time led to the creation of a labyrinth of over 40 different legislations regulating different aspects of employer […]

As many as 15 states have prepared draft rules under the four labour codes passed by Parliament between between 2019 and 2020, but it is still uncertain if the long-awaited labour market reforms will become a reality in the current fiscal year. Rules under these codes must be notified by central as well as state

he four labour codes are unlikely to be implemented this fiscal in view of slow progress on the drafting of rules by the states and also for political reasons like elections in Uttar Pradesh, a source said.  The implementation of these laws assumes significance because once these are implemented there would be reduction in take-home

No timeline for rolling out 4 labour codes yet Implementing the Code on Social Security, 2020 and bringing the maximum number of workers under the ambit of social security schemes were the top priorities of the government, according to Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav. Mr. Yadav told The Hindu on Tuesday that the focus on expanding

Implementation of rules under the four labour codes passed between 2019 and 2020 is likely to be delayed further beyond the October 1 deadline. The original plan was to implement the reforms from April 1. The Centre might not immediately give any new date, not even a tentative one, for rolling out the relevant rules,

1. As per the definition of wages under the Code, do wages change every month as the exclusions such as “commissions” are also variable? There are possibilities of “wages” becoming dynamic and varying every month for employees, receiving say for example, “commission” depending upon their performance. Though the commission is excluded from wages, if it

INTRODUCTION: The four labour codes – Code on Wages 2019, Code on Social Security 2020, Industrial Relations Code 2020, and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 consolidate 29 Central Labour Laws. The Codes received Presidential assent between 2019 and 2020 but the states are yet to finalize their rules under these codes. The key objectives of the consolidation is

That fresh payroll additions, as seen from EPFO subscriptions, plunged to 5.73 lakh in May, the worst in about a year, is disappointing. They suggest the second wave of the pandemic may have done the job market some severe damage. The additions to the payroll have trended down, from 8.83 lakh in January to 8.07

The labour ministry is considering fine-tuning some contentious provisions and rules concerning the four labour Codes passed by Parliament recently, in order to ensure that these reformist laws take effect from October 1 throughout the country. A source in the government said all the four labour codes – code on wages, industrial relations, social security