The Four Labour Codes in Force

Four labour codes that took nearly six years to move from Parliament to practice finally became one operating law together on 21 November 2025, folding 29 separate central statutes into the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. Every worker now has a statutory claim to a minimum wage and, for the first time, gig and platform workers get legal definitions and a dedicated social-security fund financed by the platforms that engage them. Employers, in exchange, get one registration, one licence and one return instead of a patchwork of filings, and first-time offences draw fines rather than jail. Central rules are in place, but several states were still finalising their own rule-books through 2025-26, so the switchover is more a staged rollout than a single completed event.