The four labour codes, which were passed by Parliament in 2019 and 2020, would be implemented soon, with only a handful of States left to draft their own rules under the codes, Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday.
Asked when the codes would be rolled out, Mr. Yadav said “soon”. He said all but three or four States had drafted their rules under the codes. While the Labour ministry had prepared its rules under the four codes last year, the rules had not been notified.
The codes – on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations – subsumed 29 Central Acts into four codes. Asked about the rumoured date of implementation – July 1 – Mr. Yadav did not comment. With labour being a subject on the concurrent list, Mr. Yadav said “consensus” was being built with the States.
