The Code on Wages, Bill 2019 ("the
Code") seeks to regulate the payment of wages and
bonuses in all establishments where industry, trade, business,
manufacture or occupation is carried on including government
establishments. Clause 69 of the Code proposes to repeal the
following laws: (i) the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, (ii) the
Minimum Wages Act, 1948, (iii) the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and
(iv) the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 and further seeks to
consolidate the provisions of the aforesaid legislation under the
Code. The Code was passed by the Rajya Sabha on the 2nd
of August 2019 and has to now receive the assent of the President
for the Code to become law. This article seeks to provide a brief
summary of some of the important provisions of the Code.
