Almost a year after the Code on Wages Act became a law, the Union government is still inviting public comments on the draft rules, pushing its effective date of implementation by at least two months.
The Union labour and employment ministry invited comments on the draft Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020, on Tuesday for a second time in eight months with minimal changes to the previous draft that was made public in November 2019. The government has, however, reversed a controversial clause that had sought to increase the minimum number of daily hours for workers to qualify for minimum

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