Three new labour codes enacted
Introduction The Social Security Code 2020 (the SS Code), the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (the OSHW Code) and the Industrial Relations Code 2020 (the IR Code) were recently passed by Parliament and received presidential assent. The three new labour codes have been enacted in the pursuit of abridging, rationalising and consolidating central and state labour laws and improving India's position in the global 'ease of doing business' index. The government is in the process of finalising delegated legislation and has proposed implementing the codes in the first hal...