Transition in 2 minutes
For current compliance, start with Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and its applicable Rules and notifications. For an earlier event or pending proceeding, preserve the Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act file and apply the repeal-and-savings framework before changing the legal route.
Legacy lawWorking Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958
Principal subjectwage-fixation framework for working journalists
Successor CodeOccupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Canonical repositoryOpen successor Code guide
Which law should the file open?
- Identify when the wage period, injury, termination, notice, default, order or claim arose.
- Check the commencement and repeal instrument applicable to that date.
- Identify accrued rights, liabilities, penalties and pending proceedings.
- Check whether a Rule, Scheme, order, registration or appointment was saved or replaced.
- Use the correct current forum and procedure without rewriting the historical facts.
Employer evidence
- appointment, classification and establishment records
- payroll, attendance, contribution or safety records
- notices, permissions, registrations and returns
- orders, proceedings and payment trail
- legal-version and transition memo
Employee evidence
- service and wage documents
- injury, benefit or termination records
- communications and statutory notices
- claim, appeal and limitation dates
- signed orders and implementation proof
Finin2min Q&A
Should every old reference in a contract or order be replaced?
No. Preserve the historical document. Add a current-law cross-reference and record whether the underlying right, duty or proceeding is saved.
Does the successor Code decide the applicable State procedure?
Not by itself. Determine the appropriate Government and read the final State Rules, notifications, authority appointments and portal instructions.
Official source route: Search the legacy Act and successor Code on India Code · Open the Ministry Labour Codes library.
Reliance note: This page maps statutory ownership and decision steps. It does not replace the exact repeal clause, commencement notification, saved instrument or adjudicatory record for the matter.