Ministry of Labour & Employment08-July, 2019 14:22 IST
Labour Reforms
Bill
The Ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on
Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security; and Occupational Safety, Health
and Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, amalgamating and
rationalizing the relevant provisions of the existing Central Labour
Laws. The 4 Labour Codes contain provisions relating to wage, social
security, safety, health and grievance redressal mechanism for workers. These
initiatives are expected to provide wage security, social security, occupational
safety and decent working conditions to the workers. However, there is no
proposal at present to dismantle and merge of Employees’ State Insurance
Corporation (ESIC), Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) with other
central schemes and privatization of social security fund.
The process of Legislative reforms on Labour includes
consultation with stakeholders including Central Trade Unions, Employers’
Associations and State Governments in the form of tripartite consultation.
Besides, the draft Labour Codes were also placed on website of the Ministry,
seeking comments/suggestions from all stakeholders including general public.
The draft legislations are finalised after considering comments/suggestions
received from various stakeholders.
The proposed labour reforms initiatives
will reduce the complexity in compliance due to multiplicity of labour laws and
facilitate setting up of enterprises and thus creating the environment for
development of business and industry in the country and generating employment
opportunities without diluting basic aspects of safety, security and health of
workers.
This information was provided by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar,
Union Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in written reply to a
question in Lok Sabha today.
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