This edition of New Labour and Industrial Codes, updated with all relevant amendments, notifications, enforcement provisions, and statutory developments up to 2026, serves as a comprehensive and authoritative legal reference for law students, advocates, HR professionals, compliance officers, industrial establishments, labour consultants, academicians, and policymakers. The book presents the bare text of India’s four major labour codes with short comments, making it highly useful for legal study, professional reference, statutory compliance, and competitive examinations.

This publication comprehensively covers:

• The Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019)
• The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020)
• The Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020)
• The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020)

The edition incorporates all relevant enforcement notifications issued up to 2026, including provisions brought into force from 2020 onwards and the latest notifications effective from 21-11-2025 and subsequent amendments notified during 2026. It also includes comparative tables showing corresponding provisions of the new labour and industrial codes with the repealed labour laws, enabling readers to clearly understand the transition from the earlier legal framework to the consolidated codes.

The publication consolidates and modernizes numerous labour legislations relating to:

• Wages and bonus payments
• Industrial relations and trade unions
• Standing orders and industrial dispute resolution
• Social security and employee welfare schemes
• Provident fund, gratuity, maternity benefits, and insurance
• Occupational safety, workplace health, and welfare standards
• Contract labour and inter-state migrant workers
• Working conditions across factories, mines, plantations, and construction establishments
• Employment compliance, inspections, and adjudication mechanisms

The content comprehensively covers:

• Definitions, applicability, and scope of all four labour codes
• Wage fixation, payment mechanisms, and equal remuneration principles
• Registration and recognition of trade unions and negotiating councils
• Industrial dispute resolution, strikes, lock-outs, retrenchment, and closure procedures
• Social security benefits for organized, unorganized, gig, and platform workers
• Occupational safety standards and employer obligations
• Registration and licensing requirements for establishments and contractors
• Compliance procedures, inspections, offences, and penalties
• Central rules, advisory mechanisms, and statutory authorities
• Comparative legal framework between old labour laws and the new consolidated codes

This edition is particularly suitable for:

• Advocates and labour law practitioners handling employment and industrial disputes
• HR professionals, industrial relations managers, and compliance officers
• Employers, factories, contractors, and corporate legal departments
• Labour welfare officers, consultants, and government authorities
• Researchers and academicians examining India’s labour law reforms

Whether used for courtroom practice, industrial compliance, academic research, or examination preparation, this updated Bare Act edition delivers the complete legislative framework of India’s New Labour and Industrial Codes as applicable in 2026.