New rules under Labour Laws to reduce compliance burden for companies

On 21 February 2017, the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (Ministry) has notified the Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Specified Labour Laws Rules 2017 (Ease of Compliance Rules), which have come into force with effect from the date of its notification. The Central Government has notified the Ease of Compliance Rules with a view to address the concerns foreign investors have in relation to observing bulky compliances under the various labour laws. By reducing the number of registers required to be maintained under certain labour laws, the Central Government hopes to reduce the compliance