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India’s new labour codes are now officially in force, reshaping how salaries, leaves, working hours, and workplace protections work across the country.
Work from home recognised in services industry and minimum wages guaranteed to all workers
India's overhaul merges 29 labour laws into four codes, reshaping minimum wages, gig-worker social security, industrial relations, and workplace safety through unified rules and digital compliance
According to JM Financial Institutional Securities, in a worst-case scenario, the amount payable by Eternal and Swiggy towards the fund would work out to around ₹2.1-2.5 per order
India's textile sector says new labour codes will strengthen compliance with due-diligence norms and enhance global competitiveness
While the new rules offer social security and minimum-wage benefits, they also allow companies to hire and fire workers more easily
On-demand convenience firm Swiggy Ltd on Saturday termed the newly notified labour codes as a "transformative step" that will unlock far-reaching benefits for millions of workers. While supporting the government's vision of a modern and inclusive social security net, in a regulatory filing, Swiggy said it does not anticipate any material impact from the CoSS (the Code on Social Security, 2020) on its business sustainability, cost structure, or long-term financial performance. The government on Friday notified the four labour codes, which have rationalised 29 existing labour laws. These will formalise employment, strengthen worker protection, and make the labour ecosystem simpler, safer and globally aligned. Under the new codes, 'gig work', 'platform work', and 'aggregators' have been defined for the first time. The codes stipulate that aggregators employing gig workers must contribute 1-2 per cent of annual turnover to social security, with the total contribution not exceeding 5 per
The industry body said the Codes will bring clearer terms, stronger protections and uniform benefits for contract, gig and platform workers
New labour Code 2025: New rules promise better wages, wider social security and simpler compliance effective from today.
Govt forms panel to align state labour laws with new labour codes, pushing reforms to boost jobs, investment and ease of doing business
During 2019-20, Parliament consolidated 29 labour laws into four codes - Code on Wages; Code on Social Security; Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code; and Industrial Relations Code