Highlights In hand pay to shrink. PF, Gratuity components to be hiked. New Delhi: Government employees may soon see several changes related to their work timing, pay structure, take-home salary, provident fund and gratuity. All these changes are likely to take place under the gamut of the Wage Code Bill. Wage Code Bill (Code on Wages Bill 2019) was passed in Parliament in 2019. The government wanted to implement the rules in the new labor code from April 1, but had to defer it to allow more time to states to prepare and also to companies for changing their HR policy. The new draft law proposes to increase the maximum working hours to 12. The draft rules of the OSCH code also provide that if an employee works additionally for 15 to 30 minutes, it will be counted as overtime by 30 minutes for which the employees will be paid extra. As per current rules, if an employee has worked less than 30 minutes, it is not considered overtime. The Draft rules also prohibit any employee from working continuously for more than 5 hours. It says that an employee, who has worked for 5 hours straight, must be given a rest of half an hour.