Labour Law Reforms - New Labour Codes - 21st November 2025

Finally, Wage Code, 2019, The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, The Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and Social Security Code 2020 got implemented on 21st November 2025.

*Copies of Notifications are available on website of Ministry of Labour and Employment, GOI.

A) Code on Wages, 2019 replaces 4 Laws:

1) Payment of Wages Act, 1936

2) Minimum Wages Act, 1948

3) Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

4) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

B) Industrial Relations Code, 2020 replaces 3 Laws:

1) Trade Unions Act, 1926

2) Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

3) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

C) Code on Social Security, 2020 replaces 9 Laws:

1) Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923

2) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

3) Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

4) Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

5) Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

6) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

7) Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981

8) Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996

9) Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008

D) Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code, 2020 replaces 13 Laws:

1) Factories Act, 1948

2) Plantations Labour Act, 1951

3) Mines Act, 1952

4) Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955

5) Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958

6) Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

7) Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

8) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

9) Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976

10) Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979

11) Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981

12) Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986

13) Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

Also, under new Laws 351 Rules replaces 1436 Rules, one single electronic return against 31 returns, 73 forms against 181 forms, 8 registers against 84 registers, single registration against 8 separate registrations previously.

For common people (Non-HR & Accounts) - In brief about these Laws (Copy from Net) :

Ye 4 naye labour laws hain jo Modi govt ne 21 Nov 2025 se implement kiye:

1. Code on Wages: Sab workers ko minimum wage, timely payment, bonus ensure karta hai.

2. Industrial Relations Code: Strikes, layoffs, unions ke rules simplify karta hai.

3. Social Security Code: Pension, gratuity, insurance gig workers tak extend karta hai.

4. Occupational Safety Code: Safe working conditions, health benefits for factories/offices.

Badi reform hai, 29 purane laws replace kiye!

For more information, please refer the PIB links given below. Thanks.

Link 1: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?id=156140&NoteId=156140&ModuleId=3

Link 2: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2192463