Industrial Relation Code News Today

The Labour Ministry held talks with startups such as Ola, Uber, Zomato and Swiggy to provide social safety benefits to gig workers.

Under the new Social Security Code and the Industrial Relation Code, the government proposes to ease the five-year service rule for gratuity payments for fixed-term employees.

Private sector jobs are now more insecure with liberal contractual appointments and hire-and-fire provisions

The draft rules are in favour of employers and deprives workers’collective bargaining ability

. The government has made a strong claim that the recently passed Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 are pro-worker and will provide statutory protection to unorganised workers. The objective of these new labour codes is to ensure social security, non-hazardous work conditions and to provide minimum wages. However, these codes show anti-labour reforms. According to Section 77(1) of the Industrial ...

Commissioner Secretary L&E inaugurates various e-services JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment (L&E), Saurabh Bhagat today inaugurated online system for auto renewal of license, online services for submission of integrated consolidated return under different Labour laws and availability of online dashboard. Under these online services, there will be auto generation of licenses under Shops and Establishment Act, Contract Labour Act, Interstate Migrant Workers Act and Factories Ac...