National Seminar On New Labour Codes In India
The study of labour and industrial law envelops various aspects of industrial relations and welfare enactments made in the pre- and post- independence era. The present government is committed to reform of labour legislation in the country as a part of doing business and simplifying all social security legislation. Reforms in labour laws are an ongoing process to update the legislative system to address the need of the hour so as to make them more effective, flexible and in sync with emerging economic and industrial scenarios. The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on a functional basis. Accordingly, the Government has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security & Welfare and Occupation Safety, Health and Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of the existing Central Labour Laws. The consolidation of all 29 Laws into four Labour Code made a new era of social security and industrial laws of the country. The government wants these codes to be implemented in all states of India uniformly. The seminar aims at exploring the concerns associated with the central theme in the light of recent four codes enacted by the Parliament of India. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, The Code on Social Security 2020, The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, The Code of Wages 2019. (Read more)
