Impact Of New Labour Code On India’s Labour Force
- IJLLR Journal
- Feb 27
- 1 min read
S.S. Dhanushkodi, VIT School of Law, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
ABSTRACT
India’s new code marks a significant shift in labour governance, replacing a fragmented legal framework with a consolidated regime that emphasizes flexibility and efficiency. By compressing the laws into four codes, such as the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security, and the Occupational Health, Safety, and Working Conditions Code. However, for the employees, especially those in the informal sector and gig workers, the transformation can be seen as a weaker bargaining leverage than a substantive right. To analyze the asymmetry, this paper focuses on the development of labour laws from the colonial rule to the current post-independence timeframe, while examining the persistent gap between formal Black letter labour protections and the de facto functioning of employee relations.
