Consider the following statements in the light of the proposed Labour Code for Industrial Relations:
1. For the creation of a Labour Union 10% of the workers will be required to sign for its creation.
2. Now to protect the interests of the workers politicians have also been permitted to become union leaders.
3. The draft code on wages promises a mandatory national minimum wage under which unskilled workers in the developed states stand to earn a minimum of Rs. 25,000 a month.
Select the correct statement(s):
Consider the following statements in the light of the proposed Labour Code for Industrial Relations:
1. For the creation of a Labour Union 10% of the workers will be required to sign for its creation.
2. Now to protect the interests of the workers politicians have also been permitted to become union leaders.
3. The draft code on wages promises a mandatory national minimum wage under which unskilled workers in the developed states stand to earn a minimum of Rs. 25,000 a month.
Select the correct statement(s):
The correct option is D None of these
The government has embarked on biggest labour law overhaul since Independence by merging 44 extant laws into four codes aimed at ensuring the ‘ease’ of doing business, where India ranks at 130 (out of 189 economies) in the World Bank report, and moving towards reality in its stated objective of making India the global manufacturing hub.
- The labour ministry has drafted a Bill to integrate three laws—Trade Unions Act, 1926; Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; and Industrial Disputes Act, 1947—into a single Labour Code for Industrial Relations.
- While the draft code on wages empowers the states to fix minimum wages and makes national minimum wages mandatory, under the proposed Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2015, the employers with up to 300 workers would not require government permission for retrenchment, lay-off and closure.
- Creating a labour union will become more difficult as 30% of workers will be required to sign for its creation (earlier it was 10%). It also prohibits politicians from becoming union leaders in organised sector establishments. The proposed changes would make it tougher for employees to form unions or go on strike, but would make all employees eligible for minimum wages.
- The changes in the Payment of Wages Act replace the power given to labour commissioners with new ‘authorities’; however, this may weaken inspection norms and remove the ability of law to deter offenders.
- The most significant change is in the Contract Labour Act. Amendments here will exempt companies employing less than 50 workers from the ambit of the Act (from the earlier limit of 20). Without assured minimum wage, contract, health and pension benefits, overtime allowance, and safety and sanitation at workplace, economic progress cannot be achieved.
- The amendments to the Factories Act (which is a social legislation aimed at ensuring occupational safety, health and welfare of workers at the workplace) propose to keep units employing less than 40 workers out of the purview of 14 labour laws, and the draft code on wages promises a mandatory national minimum wage under which skilled workers in developed states stand to earn a minimum of Rs.20,000 a month.
None of these
The government has embarked on biggest labour law overhaul since Independence by merging 44 extant laws into four codes aimed at ensuring the ‘ease’ of doing business, where India ranks at 130 (out of 189 economies) in the World Bank report, and moving towards reality in its stated objective of making India the global manufacturing hub.
- The labour ministry has drafted a Bill to integrate three laws—Trade Unions Act, 1926; Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; and Industrial Disputes Act, 1947—into a single Labour Code for Industrial Relations.
- While the draft code on wages empowers the states to fix minimum wages and makes national minimum wages mandatory, under the proposed Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2015, the employers with up to 300 workers would not require government permission for retrenchment, lay-off and closure.
- Creating a labour union will become more difficult as 30% of workers will be required to sign for its creation (earlier it was 10%). It also prohibits politicians from becoming union leaders in organised sector establishments. The proposed changes would make it tougher for employees to form unions or go on strike, but would make all employees eligible for minimum wages.
- The changes in the Payment of Wages Act replace the power given to labour commissioners with new ‘authorities’; however, this may weaken inspection norms and remove the ability of law to deter offenders.
- The most significant change is in the Contract Labour Act. Amendments here will exempt companies employing less than 50 workers from the ambit of the Act (from the earlier limit of 20). Without assured minimum wage, contract, health and pension benefits, overtime allowance, and safety and sanitation at workplace, economic progress cannot be achieved.
- The amendments to the Factories Act (which is a social legislation aimed at ensuring occupational safety, health and welfare of workers at the workplace) propose to keep units employing less than 40 workers out of the purview of 14 labour laws, and the draft code on wages promises a mandatory national minimum wage under which skilled workers in developed states stand to earn a minimum of Rs.20,000 a month.
