Labor Codes: Updates & Cases

The labour ministry has notified draft Rules for providing compensation to workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, a move aimed at ensuring payments are made within 30 days to the workers or to their families in case of death or disability. In case the payments are delayed, the employer will be liable to pay interest at the rate of […]

Implementation of big-ticket labour reforms could get pushed to next year as most state governments are going slow on readying the rules framework for implementation of the four labour codes. India Inc also is also reluctant to take on the additional cost and compliance burden under the codes amid the second wave of the Covid-19

The government has made Aadhaar the mandatory identification proof for all workers from the organised and unorganised sectors to avail of social security benefits from May 3. The objective is to weed out duplication and reduce wastage of resources. In the absence of biometric identification proof so far, there have been reports of imposters and people registered

The labour reforms passed by the central government in September 2020 might need further time to get implemented due to lackadaisical approach of the state governments in drafting rules to bring them into effect. Earlier, the four labour codes were supposed to be executed from 1st April, 2021 onward but it was later postponed without

Ministry of labour & Employment has set up three expert committees to review the existing rules and suggest standards under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020. The expert committees which have been constituted will comprise of subject and sector experts from public as well as the private sector. The constituted committees will

Recent media reports indicate that Amazon India’s ‘delivery partners’ (read: workers or employees) are planning to call for a 24-hour strike across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune and Delhi-NCR region. This is in order to protest against “the e-commerce company’s decision to lower delivery fees”. Protesting workers are also demanding insurance cover for all contract workers. It was also reported on

The roll-out of the new labour codes in India may get pushed back due to a delay by state governments in framing their own sets of rules. The new labour codes will “definitely” not be implemented from April 1, a person familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. The person cited a delay

The labour ministry has set a target to bring 40-50 lakh platform and gig workers under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESIC), once the Social Security Code is implemented. The code, passed by Parliament last September, seeks to extend ESIC benefits to these two categories of workers, which are among the least privileged among the

The implementation of the four new labour codes, replacing 29 Central labour laws, is likely to take place after the ongoing State Assembly elections, according to officials in the Labour and Employment Ministry. An official said the rules framed under the four codes on wages, occupational safety, health, and working conditions, industrial relations, and social