The recently notified four labour Codes, effective from November 21, 2025, have the potential to meaningfully expand women's participation in the workforce by making employment safer, more secure and more accessible, according to a white paper.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday met representatives of workers' unions from across the country at the Jan Sansad, during which they raised deep concerns about the four new Labour Codes. The interaction focused on the impact of the codes on workers' right
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 10: As India's four Labour Codes take effect from 21 November 2025, Xoxoday highlights how its Benefits Marketplace is helping enterprises move beyond compliance to build holistic employee wellness programmes that drive measurable business outcomes.
Teo Chee Hean, Chairman of Temasek and Senior Advisor to the Singapore Prime Minister, praised India's reforms, noting simplified GST and the consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. He said these changes improved ease of doing business and achieved what many once thought impossible.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Thursday hit out at the Centre after it withdrew its proposal to make the Sanchar Saathi app compulsory on all mobile phones. He called it another example of what he described as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "flip governance," where policies ar
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the central government over the four new Labour Codes, alleging that the government has snatched away the rights that workers and new avenues for their exploitation have been opened.
The implementation of four labour codes, consolidating 29 existing laws, represents a transformative reform for Indian industry and workers, according to Anant Goenka, Vice Chairman of RPG Group and President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Claiming that the four labour codes propagate "corporate jungle raj," the INDIA bloc MPs held up various banners, and a bigger banner reading "No to Corporate Jungle raj- Yes to labour justice."
"They want the discussion to happen for 10 hours on the 8th and 9th, on SIR or electoral reforms. We are welcoming it, but it would have been better if they had done the same in the monsoon session. So much business would have happened in the parliament by now," the Congress MP told ANI.<
INDIA bloc floor leaders held a meeting on Wednesday ahead of the third day of the Winter Session of the Parliament, to chalk out the strategy after the Centre accepted the Opposition's demand to hold a debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
After the Centre agreed to discuss electoral reforms in Parliament, the INDIA bloc parties will protest against the new Labour Codes outside Parliament on Wednesday, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said.
The Labour Laws Institute, in collaboration with law firm H.L. Kumar & Associates, organised a national seminar in New Delhi to decode and discuss the four newly-notified Labour Codes.