Labour reform bills on Working Conditions, Social Security & Industrial Relations to be tabled in next Parliament session

New Delhi, Sep 2 (KNN) Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar has said his ministry will table three labour codes in the upcoming Parliament session which will commence on September 14.

These will include the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019, Code on Social Security 2019 and the Industrial Relations Code 2019.

Addressing FICCI webinar ‘Future of Private Security Industry: Code on Wages- Safeguarding Rights of Lakhs of Essential Services Workers’, Gangwar said, “Industry plays an important role in formulating the laws. I would urge you (industry) to share necessary changes so that all viewpoints are taken into account. In the upcoming session of the parliament, we will be introducing 3 other bills for discussion.”

Gangwar added that the Code on Wages rules have been framed keeping in mind the demands from the industry. He further said that the government is committed to supporting the industry. “Labour reforms is one of the top agenda items for this government,” he added.

Appreciating the role of private security services, Gangwar said that the industry has been serving the businesses and safeguarding assets, infrastructure and lives, which is the first and foremost requirement of any society or business to sustain and prosper.

“The Private Security sector has been one of the top priority sectors for my ministry in recent years. Private Security, Facility Management, Cleaning Services and Cash Van operations are critical to both society and economy,” Gangwar noted.

The Minister also stated that the sector employs almost 1 crore individuals and connects around 4 crore people through the family of workers with the benefits of the government’s schemes.

“A few years back, my ministry had taken a landmark decision of upgrading the classification of private security workers to ‘skilled’ and ‘highly skilled’ categories under Central & State Minimum Wages,” Gangwar added.