New Delhi: The government, on Friday, implemented Four labour codes with an aim towards modernising India’s labour governance. They are Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code (2020). The 29 existing central labour laws have been repealed.

This comes more than five years after the Parliament had cleared the labour codes in 2020. ADVERTISEMENT

Union labour minister Mansukh Mandaviya posted on X that: “From today, the new labour codes have been implemented in the country.”

“They will ensure a guarantee of timely minimum wages for all workers, appointment letters for the youth, equal pay and respect for women, gratuity for fixed-term employees after one year of employment, f

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