The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed three of the four labour code bills amid protests by the opposition. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 were passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and now only needs President Ram Nath Kovind's signature.
Noting that the government was bringing reforms in labour laws, the minister said as part of that, it was clubbing 44 labour laws into four codes. He also informed that according to a 2016 survey, there were 10 crore migrant workers in the country, which was around 20 per cent of the labour force.
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar Friday took charge of the ministry and made it clear that Team Modi 2.0 will focus on labour reforms and work for welfare of informal sector workers.
Formal sector workers would be eligible for up to Rs 20 lakh tax-free gratuity once the amendments to the Act are approved
The Finance Ministry had earlier notified a new investment pattern for EPFO, allowing the body to invest a minimum of 5 per cent and up to 15 per cent of its funds in equity or equity-related schemes.
Ballari: It would have been a usual affair for Karnataka's Labour Minister Parameshwar Naik had he not gone about chest-thumping about his feat of having gotten a senior woman police officer transferred within a day's
Kolkata : Domestic helps from at least seven states will converge here on Friday for a two-day seminar to rally behind their colleagues from West Bengal pushing for a legislation to govern wages and provision
Bhopal: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi today demanded a complete ban on all forms of labour involving children below 14 years, against the backdrop of Union Cabinet's nod to amend child labour law to allow them
New Delhi: Government proposes to increase wage ceiling for availing Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) benefits under the ESI Act after improving medical services, Lok Sabha was informed today.Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said during Question
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday apologised for the alleged misconduct of Labour Minister B N Bachegowda. "I am pained. I tender my apology", Yeddyurappa told reporters in response to a question
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