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Updated on: Jan 2026
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Labour Codes Recognize and Regulate WFH Arrangements
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Labour Codes Recognize and Regulate WFH Arrangements

The imminent operationalization of the four comprehensive Labour Codes is set to bring India’s archaic employment framework in line with the flexible realities of the post-pandemic economy. A significant provision is found within the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code, 2020. This provision is the formal recognition and regulation of the Work From Home (WFH) […]

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How Four New Labour Codes Will Reshape Salaries and Hiring
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How Four New Labour Codes Will Reshape Salaries and Hiring

The operationalization of India’s four comprehensive Labour Codes—the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code—is set to fundamentally transform the country’s employment landscape. Consolidating 29 fragmented and often archaic laws, this legislative overhaul aims to simplify the regulatory framework, enhance workers’ […]

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How the New Labour Codes Redefine Gratuity for India’s Workforce
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How the New Labour Codes Redefine Gratuity for India’s Workforce

Central Government has announced the operationalization of the four comprehensive Labour Codes, consolidating 29 complex labour laws. Among the most significant reforms impacting millions of workers is the dramatic reduction in the mandatory service period for gratuity eligibility: from the existing five years to just one year of continuous service under the new Code on Social […]

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India’s Labour Codes Formalize and Protect the Gig Economy
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India’s Labour Codes Formalize and Protect the Gig Economy

Central Government has brought into effect the four new Labour Codes, replacing 29 fragmented central labour laws. This major structural reform aims at simplifying regulations and modernizing the workforce. It is particularly significant for the millions of workers powering India’s burgeoning gig and platform economy. The new legal system formally integrates this traditionally excluded workforce segment for the […]

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How Industry Leaders Are Hailing the New Labour Codes
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How Industry Leaders Are Hailing the New Labour Codes

The implementation of India’s four consolidated Labour Codes, effective November 2025, marks a critical shift in the nation’s employment rules, replacing a complex system of 29 older laws with a single, modern structure. As businesses across the country prepare to adopt the new rules governing wages, social security, and industrial relations, the change has generated […]

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India Implements Unified Labour Codes to Simplify Compliance
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India Implements Unified Labour Codes to Simplify Compliance

Government of India today announced the implementation of all four consolidated Labour Codes, effective November 21, 2025. This transformation rationalizes and replaces 29 central labour laws, many of which dated back to the pre-Independence and early post-Independence era, fundamentally modernizing the country’s labour governance framework. The four codes now in effect are: The Ministry of Labour […]

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Companies need to pay if over 30 unused leaves in the same year
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Companies need to pay if over 30 unused leaves in the same year

The four new labour laws (Codes) that are yet not implemented will bring a lot of changes including in leaves after being enforced. According to the Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, an employee cannot accumulate more than 30 days of paid leave in a calendar year. In case, the accumulated paid leave exceeds […]

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Government is likely to implement a ‘four-day workweek’ by next fiscal year
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Government is likely to implement a ‘four-day workweek’ by next fiscal year

The four labour codes on wages, social security, industrial relations and occupation safety, health, and working conditions are likely to be implemented by the next fiscal year as at least 13 states have pre-published draft rules on these laws, a senior official said. If the new labour codes are implemented, there’s a likelihood that employees in India may be […]

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