Labor Codes: Updates & Cases

The labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday said his ministry has not agreed to amendments proposed by the state governments to extend the working hours for workers under the Factories Act. “The ministry of labour and employment has received the draft Ordinances/Bills from different state governments through the ministry of home affairs regarding amendment […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament on Monday, said the four Labour Codes would be implemented, signalling the Centre’ resolve to go ahead with the labour law reforms. Also, the government expressed intention to take measures for the welfare of migrant workers and labourers whose vulnerabilities were exposed by

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said social security benefits  will be extended to platform and gig workers. Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government also proposed setting up of a portal to collect information on gig-workers, building and construction workers, among others. A portal will be set up to collect info

The joint platform of 10 central trade unions have asked the labour ministry to put on hold the four labour codes and instead re-start discussions with the Unions on the Codes rather than rushing to implement them. “The central trade unions demanded that all the four codes should be put on hold and then discussions should start with the central trade

The government on Wednesday completed tripartite consultations for four new labour codes, moving a step closer to finalising the rules and their subsequent implementation. Aimed at maintaining a balance between the rights of workers and the requirements of the industry to boost employment generation, three labour codes – on industrial relations, social security and occupational

In bits and pieces, the central government has released the Rules related to the Industrial Relations Code (IRC), 2020. State governments are also expected to release their Rules. Earlier, KR SHYAM SUNDAR had assessed the draft rules of the central government under the code. Now he touches on two major aspects the Centre has left out—Rules relating to trade unions and

With the government introducing the new wage policy, there has been quite a hustle across industries. The new Code on Wages Bill, which is likely to come into effect from 1st April 2021, stipulates that the allowance part of an employee’s salary should be capped at 50 per cent and that the basic pay should be 50 per

The Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Code on  Wages, 2019 will result in an increase in the financial liability on the part of employers, experts say. “Code on Wages would impact the employer largely as they will have to pay more to the workers with regard to what they were paying till now,”

Rumours are rife that the Code on Wages, 2019, is likely to result in an exponential increase in the financial liability of employers in a pandemic-stricken economy. Perturbed employers are reaching out to consultants for advice. Sensing an opportunity, reputed CA/consultancy firms have come out with new service portfolios, which include transitioning into labour codes,