Lok Sabha in its recently held session has passed three new labour enactments on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, Industrial Relations Code and Social Security Code, by dismantling existing 27 enactments in the name of ‘Ease of Business’, which are purely in the interest of corporates.Thereafter, Rajya Sabha has also affirmed the three new labour enactments.
Basically the Law on Social Security Code brings together the Provident Fund (PF), the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI), Maternity Benefits, Gratuity and other entitlements to create a simplified single law. The Law on Occupational Safety similarly merges all laws relating to health and hazardous working conditions. It imposes the liability on the employer and the contractor and makes PDS benefits transferable for migrant workers. It also stipulates toll-free numbers and assistance cells to help free bonded labour.
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Industrial Relations Code of 2020, has redefined the terms “employer", “employee" and “worker". It has also given a new definition for “strike" that now includes mass casual leaves by 50% of the workforce employed by any firm. The Government claimes that the motive of these labour laws reform is to ensure social security, non-hazardous work conditions, and higher minimum wages. Ten central trade unions, except Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, are observing the nationwide general strike to protest against various policies regarding labour laws of the Central Government on 26 November 2020. Besides, the All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) has also extended fraternal support to strike. The strike by the unions is against the anti-labour policy of the government. Similarly, the bank employees are protesting against the privatisation of banks, outsourcing and contract system in jobs in the sector, as stated by AIBEA general secretary C H Venkatachalam.
Ministry Of Labor And Employment Says No Data Available On Migrant Workers Who Lost Their Lives During Nation-Wide Lockdown
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Sep 15, 2020
Lakshya Tewari
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Replying to the unstarred questions, the Ministry of Labor and Employment revealed that there is no data available with them or they maintained no records for the migrant workers who died or lost their lives while returning to their home town after the announcement of nation-wide lockdown in March. The questions were asked by three Member of Parliament; Shri k. Navaskani, Shri Balubhai alias Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar, and Adv. Adoor Prakash.The asked a total of 5 questions; (i) whether the...
The Ministry of Labour and Employment drafts Code of wages, 2019, Likely to implement it by September this year
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Jul 10, 2020
Prachi Misra
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The Ministry of Labour and Employment has put in place The Code of Wages, 2019, the first law under labor reforms which is likely to be implemented by September this year. The Parliament approved the code in August last year to enable the introduction of minimum payment of wages for every worker besides covering issues such as delay in payment of employees.The Labour Ministry introduced the draft rules issued on 7th July in the official gazette. A Senior Labour Ministry said “The draft...
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