The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, strengthens India’s labour architecture by unifying standards, empowering workers, and enhancing ease of doing business, the government said on Saturday.

It lays the foundation for a safer, fairer, and more productive workforce aligned with India’s vision of inclusive and sustainable growth.

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“The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSH), 2020, is enacted to consolidate and simplify the existing complex web of labour laws. It replaces 13 Central Labour laws by a single comprehensive legislation, thereby reducing multiplicity and bringing uniformity across industries and states/ UTs. The Code was enacted as a part of the broader labour laws reforms to improve transparency, enhance worker

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