Under the new labour laws reform agenda, the government had codified 29 Central labour laws into four codes – the Code on Wages 2019, the Code on Social Security 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, and the Industrial Relations Code 2020.
New labour laws Implementation unlikely before 2024 elections.
The government has decided to hold back the implementation of labour law reforms across the country until after the 2024 general elections.
A section of the industry hoped that the government would try to notify the laws with effect from April 1 this year, despite indications that they would further delay as early implementation of the four labour codes passed by Parliament as September 2020.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment held a series of talks with stakeholders, including industry representatives and union leaders, late last year to reach consensus on the implementation date, but those efforts were unsuccessful. “The talks are now at a standstill,” according to the sources.
Despite the hindrance of state governments in declaring the regulations, which is delaying the codes’ implementation, the labour market has already become more flexible as many states have taken measures to ease the standards.
Companies in labour-intensive industries such as textiles and clothing are now also turning to fixed-term employment contracts as a legitimate option.
The new labour laws : the existing laws subsumed in the four new codes?
New Labour Codes
Central Laws Summed in
Code on Wages, 2019
The Payment of Wages Act, 1936;
The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and
The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
The Factories Act, 1948
The Contract Labor (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
The Mines Act, 1952
The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
The Building & Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
The Plantations Labor Act, 1951
The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
The Working Journalist and other News Paper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1955
The Working Journalist (Fixation of rates of wages) Act, 1958
The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
Industrial Relations Code, 2020
The Trade Unions Act, 1926;
The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Code on Social Security, 2020
The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923
The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
The Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981
The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996
The Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008
The new labour laws : the draft rules released by Centre government in 2020
Code on Wages, 2019
Codes on Wages (Central) Rules
Code on Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules
Industrial Relation Code, 2020
Industrial Relation (Central) Rules
Recognition of Negotiating Union or Negotiating Council and Adjudication of Disputes of Trade Unions (Central) Rules
Draft Model Standing Order for Service Sector
Draft Model Standing Order for Manufacturing Sector & Mining Sector
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules
Rules for Constitution of Technical Committees under Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code
Code on Social Security, 2020
The Code on Social Security (Central) Rules
The Code on Social Security (Employee’s Compensation) (Central) Rules
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