INDIA LABOUR CODE REFORMS HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR SIX MONTHS – BUT ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR DELIVERY

Indian labour law reforms that had been scheduled for implementation in April, have been delayed and according to several experts, they are not now expected to be enforced before October. “There was no official communication for a long time and therefore it looked like as if the codes were dead,” Saurabh Munjal, legal advisor to Apparel Export Promotion Council told just-style, “but last week the government has come out with two new notifications, which means that they are still working on it.” (1) The anticipated reforms are expected to emerge through ...


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