Labour codes rollout: Step to boost India’s export readiness; predictable costs and gender-equal norms to aid exporters

Labour codes rollout: Step to boost India’s export readiness; predictable costs and gender-equal norms to aid exporters

India’s newly implemented labour codes will give the country’s export industries a stronger and more predictable operating environment, a commerce ministry official said. According to the official quoted by news agency PTI, the reforms bring flexibility and simplification for businesses while ensuring fair wages, safety, equality and social security for workers.The Centre enforced the four…

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Labour code rollout: Gig workers get social security for first time; what it means for Zomato, Swiggy, Uber riders

Labour code rollout: Gig workers get social security for first time; what it means for Zomato, Swiggy, Uber riders

The newly notified labour codes mark a historic shift for India’s gig economy, formally bringing millions of delivery partners, ride-hailing drivers and platform workers under a recognised social security framework for the first time.The overhaul transitions gig workers from the fringes of the unorganised sector into a regulated system with access to protections such as…

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