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New Labour codes to promote harmonious industrial relations says
Minister SK Gangwar
The Minister of State (IC) for Labour & Employment introduced in the IR Code.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar said that the new Labour "All workers in any establishment, will have to give a
Codes will promote harmonious industrial relations, 14-day notice before announcing strike. This has been
higher productivity and more employment generation. introduced to ensure that during this period, the
Addressing a webinar Gangwar said, "The labour codes grievances can be sorted out in an amicable way.
will establish a transparent, answerable and simple There will also be a provision of setting up of a
mechanism along with one registration, one license Negotiating Union which will also benefit the workers
and less return filing for all the codes. We have taken and industry," said Gangwar.
several steps through labour codes to help the work To remove the inspector raj from the system, he said,
force and take care of their well-being."
"Inspector will now be called inspector cum facilitator.
Gangwar further stated that the government has been To bring in transparency, effectiveness and
constantly striving to bring in the much-needed labour accountability, we have also made provision for
reforms in the country which has not been done for the setting up a web-based inspection system. These new
last 73 years. Codes will not only make the labour laws simpler but
"In last six years many multi-stakeholder consultations also bring in ease of doing business."
were held with all stakeholders including the Gangwar said that the government is also streamlining
employers, trade unions and experts before finalizing the process of compounding of offences to ensure
these Codes," he added. early settlement of the cases. "The amount collected
Highlighting the benefits of the new Labour Codes, he through compounding will be transferred to a special
said that these will cover over 50 crore workers from social security fund which will benefit the workers in
organized, unorganized sector for minimum wages and the unorganized sector," he noted.
social security. In order to give relief to the companies, Gangwar said
"Fixed term employment has been introduced and that the provision of 'deemed approval' has also been
introduced for obtaining licenses, approvals, etc. "A
fixed term employee will get the same service
conditions as regular employees. This will also benefit definitive time-frame has been set for all these. If the
the industry as it will provide a flexibility," he added. license issuing authority does not give it in the given
timeframe then the company will get 'deemed
He emphasized that in order to discourage sudden
approval'.
strike in any unit, provision of a 14-day notice has been

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