In the most sweeping labour reform India has seen in decades, the Centre on Friday notified the implementation of four new labour codes, restructuring 29 existing laws into a unified framework. The government says the overhaul aims to simplify compliance, ensure timely wages, and significantly strengthen worker protection — with the IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) sector among the biggest to see immediate impact. Advertisement

The four codes — Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020) — are now in force nationwide.

A major change is the requirement for IT and ITES companies to extend full social security benefits to fixed-term employees, putting them at par with permanent

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