CLC reviews implementation of Labour Laws and new Labour Codes
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10Pointer
- Categories
Polity & Governance
- Published
21st Jul, 2021
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Context
Chief Labour Commissioner and DG Labour Bureau reviewed the status of sensitization and implementation of labor laws and labor codes at Zojila Pass and Kargil.
- The review of implementation was conducted in lieu to enquire about the prevailing labor issues at their project sites.
About the Labour Laws and new Labour Codes
- Labour falls under the Concurrent List of the
- Therefore, both the Parliament and state legislatures can make laws regulating labor.
Reforms in the sector
- The Second National Commission on Labour (2002) (NCL) found existing legislation as complex, with archaic provisions and inconsistent definitions.
- The NCL recommended the consolidation of central labor laws into broader groups such as (i) industrial relations, (ii) wages, (iii) social security, (iv) safety, and (v) welfare and working conditions.
- The central government proposes to replace 29 existing labor laws with four Codes. The objective is to simplify and modernize labor regulation.
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Labour Codes
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Acts being subsumed
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Code on Wages, 2019
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- Payment of Wages Act, 1936
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
- Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
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Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2019
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- Factories Act, 1948
- Mines Act, 1952
- Dock Workers (Safety, Health, and Welfare) Act, 1986
- Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
- Plantations Labour Act, 1951
- Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
- Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
- Working Journalist and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1955
- Working Journalist (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958
- Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
- Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Service) Act, 1976
- Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
- Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
- Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
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Industrial Relations Code, 2019
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- Trade Unions Act, 1926
- Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
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Code on Social Security, 2019
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- Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
- Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
- Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923
- Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
- Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
- Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
- Cine-workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981
- Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996
- Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008
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Value Addition
Major Mountain passes in North India
- Jammu and Kashmir: Banihal Pass, Aghil Pass, Chang-La, Khardung La, Pir-Panjal pass, Zoji La
- Himachal Pradesh: Bara Lacha la, Rohtang Pass, Shipki la, Debsa Pass
- Uttarakhand: Lipulekh, Mana Pass, Niti Pass, Muling La
- Sikkim: Nathu la, Jelep La
- Arunachal Pradesh: Bom Di La, Dihang Pass, Dipher Pass, Kumjawng Pass, Hpungan Pass, Chankan Pass
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