Labour codes: Free medical check-up, 4-day work week amongst draft guidelines

The proposed labour codes may present firms with the pliability of 4 working days in per week, even because the working hours restrict of 48 hours for per week will stay sacrosanct, Labour and Employment Secretary Apurva Chandra stated on Monday. The Ministry of Labour and Employment can be prone to full the method to finalise the principles for 4 labour codes quickly.
A simultaneous train of consultations with states has additionally taken place, with states/UT of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and J&Ok additionally anticipated to formulate their draft guidelines for state-level labour codes inside per week, he stated. The authorities additionally proposes to offer free medical check-ups to employees by way of the Employees State Insurance Corporation, Chandra added.
“It (working days) could come down below five. If it is four, then you have to provide three paid holidays…so if it has to be a seven day week, then it has to be divided into 4 or 5 or 6 working days,” Chandra stated. He stated the 48-hour weekly working hours restrict will stay. “It is sacrosanct,” he stated. The Ministry can be progressing to roll out an internet portal by June 2021 for registration and different services of employees within the unorganised sector, together with gig and platform employees and migrant employees.

“Rule making process is already underway and likely to complete in the coming week. All stakeholders are also consulted in framing of rules. This ministry would soon be in a position to bring into force the four Codes, viz., Code on Wages, Industrial Relations, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) and Social Security Codes,” Chandra stated in a media briefing.
The Labour Ministry had envisaged implementing the 4 labour codes from April 1 this 12 months in a single go. The ministry is within the ultimate leg of amalgamating 44 central labour legal guidelines into 4 broad codes on wages, industrial relations, social safety and OSH.
The work on organising of the portal for casual employees by this Ministry is progressing as per the schedule, stated Chandra.
Chandra stated the portal will probably be rolled out by May or June 2021 for registration and different services of employees within the unorganised sector, together with gig and platform employees and migrant employees. The enrolled employees on the portal will probably be supplied with an incentive of free protection for a interval of 1 12 months for unintended and incapacity cowl underneath Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bhima Yojana.
The Labour Bureau has additionally began work on 4 new surveys for Migrant employees, Domestic employees, Employment generated by Professionals and Transport Sector. The Bureau can even fee ‘All India Establishment primarily based Employment Survey ‘.