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Kerala To Not Implement New Labour Codes

Nov 28, 2025

New Labour Code Forces Companies to Settle FnF Rapidly

In a landmark move poised to reshape corporate exit practices across India, the Central Government h...

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Nov 27, 2025

New Labour Code Forces Companies to Settle FnF Rapidly

Nationwide Protests Days After Implementation of Labour Codes

A massive joint platform of ten central trade unions CTUs, supported by allied groups like the Sam...

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Nov 27, 2025

Nationwide Protests Days After Implementation of Labour Codes

Labour Codes Recognize and Regulate WFH Arrangements

The imminent operationalization of the four comprehensive Labour Codes is set to bring Indias...

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Nov 25, 2025

Labour Codes Recognize and Regulate WFH Arrangements

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How Four New Labour Codes Will Reshape Salaries and Hiring

The operationalization of India’s four comprehensive Labour Codes—the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code—is set to fundamentally transform the country’s employment landscape. Consolidating 29 fragmented and often archaic laws, this legislative overhaul aims to simplify the regulatory framework, enhance workers’ […]

Nov 25, 2025

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How the New Labour Codes Redefine Gratuity for India’s Workforce

Central Government has announced the operationalization of the four comprehensive Labour Codes, consolidating 29 complex labour laws. Among the most significant reforms impacting millions of workers is the dramatic reduction in the mandatory service period for gratuity eligibility: from the existing five years to just one year of continuous service under the new Code on Social […]

Nov 24, 2025

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India’s Labour Codes Formalize and Protect the Gig Economy

Central Government has brought into effect the four new Labour Codes, replacing 29 fragmented central labour laws. This major structural reform aims at simplifying regulations and modernizing the workforce. It is particularly significant for the millions of workers powering India’s burgeoning gig and platform economy. The new legal system formally integrates this traditionally excluded workforce segment for the […]

Nov 24, 2025

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How Industry Leaders Are Hailing the New Labour Codes

The implementation of India’s four consolidated Labour Codes, effective November 2025, marks a critical shift in the nation’s employment rules, replacing a complex system of 29 older laws with a single, modern structure. As businesses across the country prepare to adopt the new rules governing wages, social security, and industrial relations, the change has generated […]

Nov 22, 2025

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India Implements Unified Labour Codes to Simplify Compliance

Government of India today announced the implementation of all four consolidated Labour Codes, effective November 21, 2025. This transformation rationalizes and replaces 29 central labour laws, many of which dated back to the pre-Independence and early post-Independence era, fundamentally modernizing the country’s labour governance framework. The four codes now in effect are: The Ministry of Labour […]

Nov 21, 2025

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States Lead Labour Law Changes While Centre Delays Notification

As the long-awaited implementation of India’s four labour codes remains stalled, several states have taken proactive steps to amend their labour law. These reforms aim to attract investments, boost manufacturing, and address industry demands. States have moved forward with significant changes despite the Centre delaying the notification of labour codes, which Parliament passed in 2019 […]

Apr 21, 2025

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New Labour Codes Spark Debate Over Worker Protections

India’s new labour codes, set to be implemented in stages starting in 2025, aim to consolidate and simplify the country’s complex labour laws. These reforms promise to streamline compliance and expand social security. However, they have sparked concerns among trade unions and labour organizations about potential gaps in worker protections. Consolidation of Labour Laws in […]

Mar 17, 2025

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Labour Minister Highlights Delay in Draft Rules by Five States

Labour Minister of State, Shobha Karandlaje, recently informed Parliament that five states are yet to pre-publish draft rules under three Labour Codes on Industrial Relations, Social Security, and Occupational Safety. This delay is a significant hurdle in the implementation of the labour reforms aimed at simplifying and modernizing the country’s labour laws. Background on Labour […]

Nov 27, 2024

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State Officials to Undergo Training on New Labour Codes: Centre

To acquaint state governments with the recently introduced labour codes, the Ministry of Labour & Employment is gearing up to conduct a comprehensive training workshop for state government labour officials. According to reliable sources, this workshop aims to address the challenges posed by the new labour codes and ensure a smooth nationwide rollout. During discussions […]

Jul 30, 2024

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Labour and Employment Ministry updates Labour Codes

The Government has formulated four Labour Codes, namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and published these Codes in the Official Gazette for general information. As a step towards implementation of the four Labour Codes, […]

Dec 14, 2022

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PM Modi hails National Labour Conference of Labour Ministers

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has addressed the National Conference of Labour Ministers of all States and Union Territories via video conferencing. Union Ministers Shri Bhupender Yadav and Shri Rameshwar Teli and Labour Ministers of States were among those present on the occasion. “The country completed 75 years of its independence on August 15 […]

Aug 26, 2022

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Key changes in working hours, salary, PF, annual leave July 1?

The four labour codes on wages, social security, industrial relations and occupation safety, health, and working conditions are likely to be implemented from July 1, 2022. The long-awaited introduction of four labour codes was originally scheduled to happen at the beginning of the current fiscal year. The new wage code will impact working hours, 4-day week salary restructuring and […]

Jun 24, 2022