The wage definition under the new code is inclusive and anti-avoidance. Many allowances earlier excluded now count as wages, widening ESIC ...

If allowances and benefits (excluding gratuity and retrenchment compensation) exceed 50 percent of an employee’s total ...

The Code on Wages, 2019, Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Code on Social Security, 2020 and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 aim to modernise labour regulations and align ...

The FAQs explain the uniform wage definition and the 50% allowance cap across all Codes. Gratuity applies prospectively from 21 November 2025 with clarified eligibility and ...

NEW DELHI:More than a month after the new labour codes came into effect, the Union ministry of labour and employment has released draft rules that outline how minimum wages, gratuity and social ...

Four consolidated labour codes replacing 29 laws are now operational, aiming to modernise India’s labour framework. Key benefits include a national floor wage, mandatory appointment letters, and ...

A long-delayed reform collapses 29 central labour laws into four codes, expanding wage floors, social security and compliance rules. India’s long-pending overhaul of labour laws has formally moved ...

The Indian government on 21 November consolidated 29 Labour Laws into four comprehensive Labour Codes, namely — the Code on Wages (2019), the Industrial Relations Code (2020), the Code on Social ...

While the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 have been implemented in full, few clauses of the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the ...