The Union government breathed life into the stalled labour reform process on Tuesday by introducing two labour code bills—merging 17 existing laws related to wage and occupational safety of workers. The wage code will subsume four existing laws, while the occupational health code will merge 13 related laws. According to the wage code bill tabled in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the Central government shall fix the national floor wage keeping in mind the geographic areas. The Central government may, before fixing the floor wage, obtain the opinion of an advisory board or state governments. The minimum wage shall be reviewed and revised every five years, it added.

Source: Mint July 23, 2019 17:48 UTC