India’s Labour Codes : Towards a Coherent and Modern Regulatory Framework
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Vidhya Soundararajan
Contd from last Saturday
Earlier, the wage floor served only as a guideline for states and was not legally binding. The code also extends minimum wage coverage to all sectors, replacing the earlier system that applied only to a list of scheduled employments. Under the old framework, several occupations such as private security, courier and care services were often left out of individual state schedules. By making coverage universal and establishing a binding floor wage, the reform strengthens income security for workers while providing greater predictability in labour costs for employers, supporting both fairer industrial relations and more informed business planning.
The Social Security code brings together nine earlier laws and, for the first time, extends coverage to unorganised, gig, and platform workers.
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Contd from last Saturday
Earlier, the wage floor served only as a guideline for states and was not legally binding. The code also extends minimum wage coverage to all sectors, replacing the earlier system that applied only to a list of scheduled employments. Under the old framework, several occupations such as private security, courier and care services were often left out of individual state schedules. By making coverage universal and establishing a binding floor wage, the reform strengthens income security for workers while providing greater predictability in labour costs for employers, supporting both fairer industrial relations and more informed business planning.
The Social Security code brings together nine earlier laws and, for the first time, extends coverage to unorganised, gig, and platform workers.
(To be contd)