Government withdraws 3 labour Bills, reintroduces with fresh provisions

The Centre on Saturday withdrew three Bills moved by the Labour Ministry in the Lok Sabha and reintroduced them with fresh labour code provisions as part of the labour reforms initiativeThe Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions Code 2019 Industrial Relations Code 2019 and Code on Social Security 2019 were withdrawn from the Lower House when it assembled for the day at 3 pmMinister of State independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar moved the proposal for the withdrawal of these Bills and later reintroduced them with fresh provisionsIn his speech Gangwar said various changes have been made in the provisions related to the labour Codes as well as their Preamble necessitating their withdrawal and introduction of new onesBecause of various changes in the Bills it is necessary to withdraw earlier ones and introduce Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 Industrial Relations Code 2020 and Code on Social Security 2020 in their placeThe original Codes were introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2019 but later referred to the Parliaments Standing Committee on Labour which discussed all the threeStanding Committee led by Chairman Bhartruhari Mahtab a Biju Janata Dal MP from Cuttack made 233 recommendations and we accepted 174 of themThe Minister said all these changes in the new Bills are part of the labour reforms initiative When the country got independence there were 44 labour laws As some of them were later repealed we are now working to change 29 labour laws into four Codes This House passed the first Code with full support we have come with three more CodesLater the Minister said that his ministry held nine tripartite consultations four subcommittee meetings 10 regional conferences discussed labour court provisions at various places in the country 10 interministerial consultations and also took suggestions from various departments and Ministries as well as the publicThe Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions Code 2019 aimed to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 23 last yearThe Industrial Relations Code 2019 consolidated and amended the laws relating to trade unions conditions of employment in industrial establishment or undertaking investigation and settlement of industrial disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on November 28 last yearThe Code on Social Security 2019 sought amendment and consolidated the laws relating to social security of the employees The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 11 last yearCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever