The Ministry of Labor and Employment may finalize the rules related to them this week to implement the four new labor codes.
Employees can be discharged three days a week in the coming days under the new labor code. The Ministry of Labor and Employment may finalize the rules related to them this week to implement the four new labor codes. By implementing these codes, a new round of improved rules and regulations will start in the country’s labor market. With the finalization of the draft, the employees will have the option of four working days a week and three days leave with it.
Apart from this, the Ministry is preparing an Internet-portal for the registration and welfare of workers in the unorganized sector. According to officials, this portal can be ready by June. Registration and other facilities for unorganized sector workers can be provided on this portal. In these, registration of workers like contract workers and ‘platform’ workers will be done free of cost. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had mentioned the establishment of such a web-portal in his speech.
The four labor codes will be applicable from 1 April 2021
Labor Secretary Apoorva Chandra said, rules are being made and it is expected that this work will be completed in the coming week. Discussions have been held with all concerned in this regard. He said that this ministry will soon be in a position to implement the four new codes. These include salary / wage codes, codes on industrial relations, work-related safety, codes on health and workplace conditions (OSH) and social security codes. The Labor Ministry plans to implement the four codes from April.
Contained 44 types of old codes in 4 codes
To improve labor laws, the ministry has integrated a total of 44 types of old labor laws into four codes and is in the final stages of implementation. According to officials, the ministry wants to implement these laws simultaneously.
Government is preparing a portal
Regarding the portal, Chandra told that the work of preparing the portal is on and it can be started by June. He said that on this portal, information related to short-term contracts or work-based workers, construction workers and workers coming from other states for wages will be collected. On this, there will be the facility of registration of such laborers. They will be given free insurance protection under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana for one year.
Chandra also informed that the Labor Bureau will conduct four new surveys which will be related to employment generated by workers, domestic workers, professionals and transport sector coming from other states. The bureau will start an All India Employment Survey (AIEES) based on establishments.
