Archive · 23 Nov 2025
India's New Labor Codes: Boosting Wages, Safety, and Benefits
India has passed four new labor codes to protect and benefit workers, including gig workers, contractual workers, women, and migrant workers.
These codes ensure better wages, safety measures, and benefits like health check-ups, maternity leave, and equal pay.
They also cover various sectors and industries.
Four new labor codes aim to improve wages and worker safety in India
Gig and platform workers legally defined, with aggregators contributing to a welfare fund
Contractual workers ensured health and social security benefits by principal employers
Women workers granted equal pay, maternity leave, and safety measures
Migrant workers entitled to equal wages, welfare benefits, and overtime pay
- Who
- The Indian government
- What
- Passed four new labor codes
- When
- Recently
- Where
- India
- Why
- To improve wages and worker safety
- Number of new labor codes
- Four
- Contribution from aggregators
- 1-2% of turnover (capped at 5% of payouts) to a welfare fund
- Maternity leave for women workers
- Up to 26 weeks
- Sectors covered
- MSMEs, plantations, beedi and cigar, audio-visual, textile, mines, IT, hazardous industries, ports and export hubs
- Overtime pay for migrant workers
- Double wages
