After the Union government notified the implementation of the four labour codes on Friday, 10 central trade unions described them as being “anti-worker and pro-employer”.

In a statement, they condemned the “blatantly unilateral implementation” of the four labour codes, alleging that it was a “deceptive fraud” that had been committed by the Union government against the working people of the country.

The Parliament had cleared the Code on Wages in 2019 and the rest of the three codes – Industrial Relations Code, Code on Social Security, and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code – in 2020.

After their implementation, the four codes replaced 29 labour laws.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government has claimed that the reform is aimed at extending coverage of stat

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