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29 laws to four Codes

Legacy Labour Law Transition Repository

Subject-by-subject bridge from the 29 Central labour laws to the four Labour Codes, with repeal, savings, pending-proceeding and evidence controls.

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Use the event date. A current Code page is not automatically the only law relevant to a pre-commencement wage period, injury, dismissal, assessment, claim, notice or pending proceeding.

Payment of Wages Act, 1936

timely payment, permissible deductions and claims → Code on Wages, 2019

Minimum Wages Act, 1948

minimum wage fixation, revision and enforcement → Code on Wages, 2019

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

statutory bonus, allocable surplus and set-on/set-off → Code on Wages, 2019

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

gender equality in remuneration and recruitment → Code on Wages, 2019

Trade Unions Act, 1926

registration, recognition, governance and immunities of trade unions → Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

certified standing orders and service-condition classification → Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

industrial disputes, conciliation, adjudication, strikes, retrenchment and closure → Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923

employment injury, occupational disease and compensation → Code on Social Security, 2020

Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

insurance coverage, contributions, medical and cash benefits → Code on Social Security, 2020

Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

provident fund, pension, deposit-linked insurance and enforcement → Code on Social Security, 2020

Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

career centres and notification of vacancies → Code on Social Security, 2020

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

maternity protection, leave, nursing breaks and crèche obligations → Code on Social Security, 2020

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

gratuity eligibility, calculation, nomination and recovery → Code on Social Security, 2020

Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981

welfare-fund treatment for cine workers → Code on Social Security, 2020

Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996

BOCW cess levy, collection and welfare financing → Code on Social Security, 2020

Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008

unorganised, gig and platform-worker social-security architecture → Code on Social Security, 2020

Factories Act, 1948

factory safety, welfare, working time and hazardous processes → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Plantations Labour Act, 1951

plantation worker welfare, housing, medical and working conditions → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Mines Act, 1952

mine safety, health, working hours and inspectorate controls → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

newspaper employee service conditions and working-time protections → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958

wage-fixation framework for working journalists → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

motor-transport worker hours, welfare and employment conditions → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

licensing, home-work and conditions in beedi and cigar establishments → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

contract labour licensing, welfare, principal-employer controls and prohibition → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976

service conditions for sales-promotion employees → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979

inter-State migrant worker registration, journey and displacement controls → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981

audio-visual and cinema-theatre worker employment conditions → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986

dock-work safety, health and welfare → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

construction-worker registration, safety, welfare and employment conditions → Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Official sources: Ministry Labour Codes library · India Code.