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The Government of Rajasthan has issued the Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, introducing significant reforms affecting working hours, overtime limits, weekly holidays, and age-related employment provisions. These amendments aim to modernise labour regulation, provide greater operational flexibility to businesses, and simultaneously strengthen safeguards against child labour. For employers, HR teams, payroll managers,…

The Social Security Code, 2020 is one of India’s four consolidated labour codes, designed to simplify and strengthen social security benefits for workers across all sectors. By merging nine major social security laws into a single framework, the Code aims to ensure broader coverage, better compliance, and improved welfare for India’s workforce. In this blog,…

India has officially implemented its long-awaited New Labour Codes on 21 November 2025, marking one of the most significant labour policy reforms since independence. This major transformation replaces decades-old, fragmented labour laws with a modern, simplified, and business-friendly framework. With the consolidation of 29 Central Labour Laws into four unified Labour Codes, the government aims…

India’s labour landscape is undergoing a historic transformation with the introduction of the New Labour Codes—the Code on Wages, 2019, Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions (OSHW) Code, 2020, and the Code on Social Security, 2020. For companies, HR teams, compliance officers, and industry professionals, understanding and implementing labour law code…

Expert Compliance Support Under the Code on Wages, 2019 The Code on Wages, 2019 consolidates four major labour laws—Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act, and Equal Remuneration Act—into one unified legislation. This code aims to bring uniformity to wage calculation, payment standards, minimum wage structure, and employee equality across all…