Employer Flexibility Versus Worker Protection: A Critical Analysis Of The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- IJLLR Journal
- May 17
- 1 min read
Atul Kumar Kharwar, Research Scholar, Department of Law, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab
Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab
ABSTRACT
In India, the labour reform has been done by consolidating 29 laws into four new labour Codes. The purpose of these reforms is to simplify regulations, promote businesses, and create more jobs and also to provide protection of employment to workers. However, a debate has been stated whether this reform does balance between the needs of employers and the rights of workers. This research paper places these reforms in the context of the historical development of Indian labour jurisprudence, which has traditionally made balances between workers’ rights and regulatory body. Previous labour laws system was complex and of without proper enforcement but it provided significant institutional safeguards for workers.
The research paper does a critical analysis of the changes introduced by the Industrial Relations Code 2020. In the research paper, an attempt is made find whether the Code recalibrates the balance between employer flexibility and workers’ job security, and whether it affects collective bargaining and trade union autonomy. The paper also does a comparative doctrinal analysis of reform under the Code and previous laws such as the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Trade Unions Act, 1926.
Keywords: Labour Law Reforms, Industrial Relations Code 2020, Workers’ Rights, Trade Union, Collective Bargaining, Employment Protection.
