Welcoming India’s sweeping labour reforms, KASSIA said the new code modernises workplace regulations, empowers MSMEs with clarity and ease of doing business, and improves worker protections, though co

Congress leader K Muraleedharan condemns four new labour codes as "anti-national," asserting they undermine workers' rights to union formation.

The Code on Wages introduces a uniform definition of wages across labour laws. In practice, this stops companies from parking large chunks of pay in allowances to keep statutory payouts low.

India's government has implemented four labour codes, replacing 29 central labour laws, to streamline regulations and enhance workers' social security protection.

Bengaluru: While officials describe the new labour codes notified by the Centre as a step in the right direction since they offer better health safegu.

Industry body Nasscom called the reform “a step toward greater predictability and transparency,” adding that full implementation must ensure alignment between the central codes and state-level labour and shops-and-establishments laws.

India’s new Labour Codes mark a major shift in worker protections, especially with three powerful reforms that directly impact financial security and work-life balance. The Rs 20 lakh gratuity limit,

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The unions argue that while the government has framed the codes as a simplification exercise, they also enable easier hiring and firing and weaken several long-standing safeguards