Draft Rules for Code on Wages

  • The Union Labour and Employment Ministry has published the draft rules framed for the implementation of the Code on Wages Act, 2019, that guarantees minimum wages to all, defines how the wages will be calculated and prescribes a national floor-wage for all States.
  • It subsumes the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

Major Provisions in the Draft

  • The normal working day shall comprise eight hours of work and one or more intervals of rest which in total shall not exceed one hour.
  • The criteria for ....
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