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Parliament on Friday approved a bill to enable introduction of minimum wage for every worker besides addressing issues like delay in payment to employees, with Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar asserting it will benefit about 50 crore workers in the country.
The Code on Wages Bill, 2019 -- which seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages, bonus and matters connected therewith -- was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 85 members in favour and 8 against. It was passed in the Lok Sabha on July 30.
The Bill will subsume four labour laws -- Minimum Wages Act, Payment of
