Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020 is a code to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the Occupational safety and health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment.^[1][2] The Act replaces 13 old central labour laws.

The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to consolidate and amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment.
Citation	(PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2020
Territorial extent	India
Considered by	Parliament of India
Enacted by	Lok Sabha
Enacted	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
Enacted by	Rajya Sabha
Enacted	September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
Assented to	September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
Signed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill citation	No. 122 of 2020
Introduced by	Santosh Gangwar Minister of State (IC) Labour and Employment
Introduced	September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19)
First reading	September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
Second reading	September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
Committee report	Report of Second National Commission on Labour
Repeals
The Factories Act, 1948 The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 The Mines Act, 1952 The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958 The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 The Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
Status: Not yet in force

The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 22 September 2020, and the Rajya Sabha on 23 September 2020.^[3] The bill received the presidential assent on 28 September 2020, but the date of coming into force is yet to be notified in the official gazette.

Background

The bill was formulated according to the Report and Recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour.

It amalgamated The Factories Act, 1948, The Plantations Labour Act, 1951, The Mines Act, 1952, The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955, The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958, The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961, The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966, The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, The Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Service) Act, 1976, The Inter-State Migrant workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers Act, 1981, The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 and The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.^[4][5]

See also

• The Code on Social Security, 2020
• Code on Wages, 2019
• Industrial Relations Code, 2020

References

1. "The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020".
2. "Explained: In labour codes, what changes for workers and hirers?". The Indian Express. 23 September 2020.
3. Hebbar, Nistula (22 September 2020). "Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha clears three labour Bills". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
4. "Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha". The Hindu. 19 September 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
5. "The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2019 - Chronicleindia".