Five years after Parliament passed four labour codes replacing 29 central laws, the Centre on Friday announced their nationwide implementation, calling the move a “historic step” to ensure “dignity for every worker.”

The Ministry of Labour and Employment issued four separate gazette notifications on Friday to enforce four Labour Codes — the Code of Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020) and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020).

Hailing the reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on X: “It is one of the most comprehensive and progressive labour-oriented reforms since Independence. It greatly empowers our workers. It also significantly simplifies compliance and promotes Ease of Doing Business.”

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