Wages Code Bill will uphold workers’ rights, ensure timely payments: Govt
Wages Code Bill will uphold workers’ rights, ensure timely payments: Govt The Bill subsumes four labour laws — Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act Current Affairs :- Work Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that the Wages Code Bill will empower presentation of the lowest pay permitted by law for each specialist other than tending to issues concerning delay in installment to representatives. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which tries to correct and solidify the laws identifying with wages and reward and matters associated therewith, will profit 50 crore laborers, the Minister said while moving the Bill for thought and section in the Lok Sabha. The Bill subsumes four work laws – Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act. After authorization of the Code, all these four Acts would be revoked. He said that while drafting the bill, the administration has...