Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday stated nearly all states have ready draft guidelines on the 4 labour codes and the brand new guidelines can be applied at an acceptable time.
The minister’s remark got here at a time when hypothesis is rife that labour codes can be applied anytime quickly as a lot of the states have firmed up the draft guidelines.
Talking to PTI, Yadav stated, “Almost all states have finalised draft rules on four labour codes. We will implement the codes (in one go) at an appropriate time”.
He additionally knowledgeable that the few states are nonetheless within the strategy of firming up draft guidelines.
Rajasthan has firmed up draft guidelines on the 2 codes and two are left, whereas West Bengal is within the strategy of finalising these, the minister stated.
There are few Northeast states, together with Meghalaya, which haven’t accomplished the method of drafting guidelines on the 4 codes.
In 2019 and 2020, 29 central labour legal guidelines had been amalgamated, rationalised and simplified into 4 labour codes, viz, the Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Code on Social Security, 2020; and the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020.
The central authorities has already pre-published the draft guidelines for all 4 codes. Now, states are required to border rules on their half as labour is a concurrent topic.
Labour is within the Concurrent List of the Constitution. Under the Labour Codes, guidelines are required to be framed by the central authorities in addition to by the state governments.
The ministry intends to implement all 4 labour codes by the Centre and states in a single go for a seamless transit to the brand new authorized framework within the nation.
The new legal guidelines are in tune with the altering labour market tendencies and on the identical time accommodate the minimal wage requirement and welfare wants of the unorganised sector staff, together with the self-employed and migrant staff, throughout the framework of laws.
The central authorities has notified 4 labour codes — the Code on Wages, 2019, on August 8, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 on September 29, 2020.
However, the Centre and states are required to inform guidelines underneath the 4 codes to implement these legal guidelines of their respective jurisdictions.
Under the Codes, the facility to make guidelines has been entrusted to the central authorities, state authorities and acceptable authorities and there’s a requirement for publication of guidelines of their official gazette for a interval of 30 or 45 days for public session.
Earlier within the day, the minister inaugurated a COVID vaccination drive as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav organised by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The minister began the drive by taking his booster dose.
He stated that the labour ministry is aiming to vaccinate its 100 per cent workforce underneath its ambit.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”