Centre Publishes Draft Code On Wages (Central) Rules; Invites Objections & Suggestions From Public

The Central Government has published a draft of Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2020, inviting objections and suggestions from the public. Code on Wages, 2019, which subsumes four existing laws on labour wages – the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 was passed by Parliament last year. The Code received the assent of the President on the 8th of August, 2019.