The government has notified the Code after it received assent from the President of India on August 8.

The Code on Wages Bill, 2019 was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 85 members in favor and 8 against.

Previous labour laws on wages imposed local limits on inspectors, which officials said bred a nexus between them and employers and led to c...

This is the first in a series of four labour codes proposed in the government’s labour reform initiative.

The minimum wages fixed by the Centre will no longer be based on employment but on geography and skills.

The Code on Wages seeks to universalise the provisions of minimum wages and timely payment of wages to all employees, irrespective of the s...

Gangwar said the legislations have been drafted after consulting 13 workers' organisations and he will try to assuage concerns raised by th...

The Code on Wages will replace the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remunerat...

The bill on wage code — one of the four codes — had lapsed after the 16th Lok Sabha dissolved last month.

The draft Code on Wages Bill 2017 was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2017. Thereafter, it was referred to the select committee for s...

The codification of the labour laws will remove the multiplicity of definitions and authorities leading to ease of compliance.

The minimum wages will vary from place to place depending on skill required, arduousness of the work assigned and geographical location, it...

The Code provides for the government to determine the minimum wages every five years using factors like skills required for the job, arduou...

To apply an universal minimum wage across different states with varying demographics and across different roles is unfair, experts say.

Once approved by Parliament, even workers getting monthly pay of higher than Rs 18,000 would be legally entitled to a minimum wage.

The Code on Wages Bill, which will ensure universal minimum wage for all industries and workers, has already been approved by the finance m...

The Code would ensure universal minimum wage for all industries and workers. It will also cover those workers who are getting monthly pay o...