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29 Legacy Labour Laws to Four Codes

Subject-by-subject transition map.

Current CodeLegacy enactmentSubject
Code on Wages, 2019Payment of Wages Act, 1936Payment timing, authorised deductions and claims
Code on Wages, 2019Minimum Wages Act, 1948Minimum rates, floor wage and overtime
Code on Wages, 2019Payment of Bonus Act, 1965Eligibility, allocable surplus, minimum/maximum bonus and set-on/set-off
Code on Wages, 2019Equal Remuneration Act, 1976Gender non-discrimination in wages and recruitment
Industrial Relations Code, 2020Trade Unions Act, 1926Registration, recognition and trade-union governance
Industrial Relations Code, 2020Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946Standing orders and service conditions
Industrial Relations Code, 2020Industrial Disputes Act, 1947Disputes, strikes, lay-off, retrenchment and closure
Code on Social Security, 2020Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923Employment injury and occupational disease compensation
Code on Social Security, 2020Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948Insured-person contributions and benefits
Code on Social Security, 2020Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952Provident fund, pension and deposit-linked insurance
Code on Social Security, 2020Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959Career-centre vacancy reporting
Code on Social Security, 2020Maternity Benefit Act, 1961Maternity leave, payment, nursing breaks and crèche
Code on Social Security, 2020Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972Gratuity eligibility, calculation, nomination and forfeiture
Code on Social Security, 2020Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981Sector welfare fund
Code on Social Security, 2020Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996Construction cess
Code on Social Security, 2020Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008Unorganised, gig and platform-worker social security
OSHWC Code, 2020Factories Act, 1948Factory safety, welfare and working conditions
OSHWC Code, 2020Plantations Labour Act, 1951Plantation welfare and safety
OSHWC Code, 2020Mines Act, 1952Mine safety, health and management
OSHWC Code, 2020Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees Act, 1955Working conditions of newspaper employees
OSHWC Code, 2020Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958Wage fixation transition
OSHWC Code, 2020Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961Motor-transport working conditions
OSHWC Code, 2020Beedi and Cigar Workers Act, 1966Industrial premises and home-work conditions
OSHWC Code, 2020Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970Contractor licensing and principal-employer duties
OSHWC Code, 2020Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976Working conditions of sales-promotion employees
OSHWC Code, 2020Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979Migrant-worker facilities and journey allowance
OSHWC Code, 2020Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981Audio-visual and cinema worker conditions
OSHWC Code, 2020Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986Dock work safety
OSHWC Code, 2020Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996Construction safety and welfare