This article covers the Draft Labour Rules 2025, highlighting key changes under India's four consolidated labour codes:
‣ Industrial Relations – Works Committees, Grievance Redressal, Trade Union recognition, strikes, lay-offs, and dispute resolution.
‣ Wages – Minimum and floor wages, technical committees, variable dearness allowance, registers, returns, and deductions.
‣ Social Security – ESIC benefits, EPF administration, gratuity, maternity benefits, gig and platform worker welfare, and cess for construction workers.
‣ Occupational Safety & Working Conditions – Mandatory electronic registration, safety committees, accident reporting, employee rights, working hours, and inspections.
A unified, digitised framework aimed at simplifying compliance while strengthening worker protections.
