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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019 (Code), proposing to amalgamate, simplify and rationalize 29 Labour Acts...

The Government of India's notification implementing the four Central Labour Codes, namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 ...

The Labour Law Alert is our monthly publication that shares latest government notifications and cases related to Employment and Labour Laws in India.

Under the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, the term "bonded labour" has been defined to mean any labour or service rendered under the bonded labour system.

Welcome to the fifth edition of the e-Bulletin (Volume III) brought to you by the Employment Labour and Benefits (ELB) practice group of Khaitan & Co. This e-Bulletin covers regulatory developments...

Welcome to the sixth edition of the e-Bulletin (Volume VIII) brought to you by the Employment, Labour and Benefits practice group of Khaitan & Co. This e-Bulletin covers regulatory developments, case law updates and insights into industry practices that impact businesses from a sector agnostic standpoint.

India’s Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) introduces a consolidated framework for regulating workplace safety, health and working conditions, including specific protections for inter-State migrant workers. With the Code coming into force on 21 November 2025 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Central) Rules, 2026 being notified on 8 May 2026, employers and contractors must reassess how they identify, document and provide benefits to migrant workers.

5 years in the making, yet enforced with limited prior warning, India's Labour Codes [the Code on Wages, 2019 ("Wage Code"); the Code on Industrial Relations, 2020 ("IR Code"); the Code on Social Security...

Whilst offering flexibility and efficiency, these arrangements introduce complex legal considerations that must be carefully addressed within employment contracts.

With the total COVID-19 cases touching the one lakh mark, the commercial sector in India has come to a grinding halt.

Under the Constitution of India, the labor and employment laws are categorized in the concurrent list, which means that both the Parliament and the individual State Legislatures share co-equal powers...

Baseline rights of workers in India have traditionally been dealt with under numerous, often overlapping, labour laws and overseen by multiple regulators.

The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 ("S & E Act") prohibits the employment of women at night shifts.

Securities Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") issued a circular "Safer participation of retail investors in algorithmic trading" dated February 04, 2025, which aimed at ensuring safer participation of retail investors...

In a move to consolidate the law relating to occupational safety and health, welfare facilities and working conditions in relation to employees and workers, the OSH Code was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 23 July 2019.

On December 26, 2004 the President of India promulgated an Ordinance to amend the national patents law. The Ordinance came into force on January 1, 2005 marking the culmination of a decade long efforts by the Government of India to make the Patents Act compliant with the TRIPS Agreement. A Presidential Ordinance is, however, a temporary legislative measure. It will cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the reassembly of the Parliament.

Indian labour laws, unfortunately, have not yet made any significant statutory progress in recognising the rights of persons working from home.