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ARTICLE · 16 MAY 2020

The Code On Social Security, 2019

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Currently there are over 40 Labour Law Legislations that are in force in our country.

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INTRODUCTION – THE BILL

Currently there are over 40 Labour Law Legislations that are in force in our country. The Government of India has embarked on a herculean task to amalgamate all of these labour law legislations into four Labour Codes. These Codes aims to simplify the labour law compliances which will in turn help these businesses to target their resources toward the development of the industry instead of complicated labour law compliances. This is being done in order to simplify the labour law regulations as a facilitator to encourage the growth of industry in the country, in purview of the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India and also to improvise the ease of doing business in India. The latest code to be placed in the Lok Sabha as a bill is the Code on Social Security 2019 ('the Social Security Bill').

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