Author: Heenal Mehta

1. STATUTORY DEFINITION The Code on Social Security, 2020 (“SS Code”) expressly defines “fixed term employment (FTE)” under Section 2(34) as: “engagement of an employee on the basis of a written contract of employment for a fixed period; provided that a fixed term employee shall be eligibl...

A. Introduction: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSHWC Code) expands the statutory responsibility of employers to safeguard employee health. A key component of this mandate appears in Section 6(1)(c), which requires every employer to: “provide such annual health ...

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSHWC Code) consolidates 13 existing labour laws governing workplace safety, health, and welfare, such as the Factories Act, 1948, Mines Act, 1952, and Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. Although the Code received ...

A. Introduction The Employee’s State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”) which provides social security benefits to workers in the event of contingencies like sickness, maternity, disablement, occupational injury, or death during employment. It ensures that workers receive medical and financial pr...

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSHWC Code) and the Code on Social Security, 2020 (CSS) have subsumed the earlier Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (ISMA). These new labour codes aim to provide better working...

A. Introduction The Labour Codes consolidate multiple labour laws to provide a conclusive framework which strengthens protections for women employees in the workplace. India’s new Labour Codes provide clear statutory rights on maternity benefits, equal pay, welfare facilities, night shifts, an...

1) Introduction The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (“IR Code”) was introduced to replace three labor laws i.e., the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Trade Unions Act, 1926, and the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. Collective bargaining is a doctrine well recognized since the...

A. Introduction The Code on Social Security 2020 (“SS Code”) and Code on Wages, 2019 (“Wage Code”), consolidates several labor laws to provide a conclusive framework which widens the coverage of workers in the unorganised/informal sector this includes gig/platform workers and certain contrac...

Introduction: –  Chapter V-A and Chapter V-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“ID Act“) provide a legal framework for layoffs, retrenchment, and closure of establishments, with specific provisions governing the process of layoffs. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (“I...

A. Introduction The Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) includes a comprehensive definition of the Contract Labour. It subsumes several acts including the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (CLRA) which is to be repealed once the OSH Code is br...