BTG Legal’s Arjun Paleri summarizes coming changes to employment law in India in the form of the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.
It is easy to regard India’s present labor law framework as complex. With a myriad of labor laws in force across the country and also separately within individual states, business organizations – especially those with operations in different parts of India – encounter numerous compliances and procedures. With the aim to reform and amalgamate the current labor law framework in India following recommendations from the Second National Commission on Labor and as part of the Indian government’s wider aim of promoting ease of doing business in the country, the labor law framework in India is being consolidated primarily into four labor law codes covering different aspects of employment law in India.
The Changes
The Indian government recently approved the enactment of three new labor codes – the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code (“IR Code”) and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (“OSH Code”). These labor codes have been approved by the Indian legislature and are on their way to becoming law; they are expected…
