Labour Codes 2019/2020: Government Releases FAQS

Ever since the labour codes – Code on Wages, 2019 (Wages Code), Code on Social Security, 2020 (SS Code), Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (IR Code), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) – have been brought into effect on and from 21 November 2025, the industry has been grappling with several questions, whether on definitions or on other substantive aspects. As expected, the Government of India (Government) has come up with responses to few frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the above labour codes (collectively, Labour Codes), aiming to provide some clarity while the industry continues to operate in a dual compliance regime.

In continuation of our previous update on the enforcement of the Labour Codes (available here), we set out below some points of clarification put forth by the Government in its FAQs.