This is further to our previous update on the Code on
Social Security, 2019 (Draft Code) that the Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Government of India had circulated in September, 2019
for inputs from stakeholders and public.
The Union Cabinet approved the Draft Code on December 4, 2019.
The Draft Code proposes to consolidate the labour laws pertaining
to social security of workers and subsume 8 central labour laws,
including the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948; the
Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,
1952; the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961; and the Payment of Gratuity
Act, 1972. The Draft Code will need to be introduced and passed by
both houses of the Parliament and receive the President's
assent before becoming law.
