The four labour Codes lay out revised rules for working hours, gratuity, work-from-home arrangement and also has provisions for gig workers.

The Centre on Friday announced a rollout of new labour codes as it consolidated 29 labour laws into four comprehensive labour codes to overhaul the outdated rules governing factories and workers for decades.

Centre has consolidated 29 labour laws into four comprehensive Labour Codes – the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 – to simplify and strengthen the framework governing workers’ rights, a PIB release read.

The historic reform , the Centre said, streamlines compliance, modernizes outdated provisions, and creates a

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