Introduction
˃ The Ministry of Law and Justice,
Government of India has notified the Code on Wages, 2019 (the
"Code") on August 8, 2019, which seeks
to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, and subsumes the
provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 ("Payment
of Wages Act"), the Minimum Wages Act, 1948
("Minimum Wages Act"), the Payment of
Bonus Act, 1965 ("Payment of Bonus Act")
and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 ("Equal
Remuneration Act").
˃ Clause 1 of the Code provides that the
Code shall come into force on such date as the Central Government
may, by notification in the official gazette appoint and different
dates may be appointed for different provisions under the Code.
