India finalises rules for four labour codes
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India finalised rules under the Code on Wages, the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, establishing a social security fund to cover 400 million unorganised workers and mandating measures including annual health checks for workers over 40, statutory minimum wages for all and unemployment benefits.
Why it matters
The new rules create binding compliance duties that require employers and intermediaries to change payroll, contribution and health‑screening processes. Organisations that do not update HR, payroll and worker-registration systems will face regulatory non-compliance risks.
Implications
- • Employers' payroll and human resources teams must update wage tables and payroll systems to implement statutory minimum wages for all employees or face regulatory non-compliance.
- • Gig and platform companies' compliance teams must register unorganised workers into the new social security framework and remit any required contributions or face enforcement action.
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