Labour Secretary Sunil Barthwal has said that the Government has tried to make the new labour codes as much contemporary as possible and tried to ensure the contemporariness of the world we are living.
“We have looked at the labour codes from various viewpoints, including employers, workers, women and youth, and it is a good amalgamation of different point of views,” he said.
Addressing 87th Annual General Meeting of AIOE (All India Organization of Employers)’ on the theme ‘Impact of New Labour Codes on Sustainable and Equitable Growth’ he also insisted the need to improve women participation in GDP(gross domestic product).
“We, at the Central Government level, have pre-published the rules and are ready and as soon as the majority of the State Government frame their rules then we will be ready to implement the Code,” he added.
The Labour Secretary also said more and more states are coming up in terms of notification and finalisation of rules. “We have to be fast as everybody is eagerly waiting for these rules to see the light of the day,” he added.
The two guiding principles on which the rules have been designed include ease of living for the workers and ease of doing business for employers.
He highlighted that a big inclusion in the labour code was the inclusion of the gig and platform workers.
Shishir Jaipuria, President, AIOE and CMD, Ginni Filaments Ltd. said the Government’s proactive measures have built trust and transparency and simplified complex and antiquated laws which were detrimental to growth. He said that “We will be actively engaging with the states to come out with rules that are transparent, simple and in the mutual interest of the employers and employees.
It is worth mentioning here that Indian textile and apparel industry has always insisted on labour reforms.
