NEW DELHI: The labour reform codes, which ensure minimum wage, EPF and ESI benefits, social security, equal pay for women as men, including for workers in the unorganized sector, have come into force. This is aimed at bringing about a fundamental change in the country's employment sector. The central government's reform has merged 29 labour laws in various categories into four codes. The law, passed by Parliament in 2020, is now being implemented after discussions with those in the relevant sectors. The rules will come into force within a week.

The labour reform codes also ensure ESI benefits in establishments with less than 10 workers, ESI security in hazardous jobs even if there is only one employee, leave-service-wage benefits equal to those of contract workers and permanent workers, g

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