The new Labour Codes particularly the Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020 and the Social Security (SS) Code, 2020 modernise mining labour laws to deliver standardised protections, stronger health measures and expanded social security for mine workers across India. The reforms aim to balance enhanced worker protections…
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NHRC Orders Probe After UP Collapse Kills Four
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a deeply disturbing incident in which four labourers lost their lives and several others sustained injuries after an illegal under-construction building collapsed in Nagla Hukum Singh village of Jevar in Gautam Budh Nagar district. The tragedy, which…
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Petroleum Sector Benefits from Labour Safety Reforms
The Government of India’s consolidation of labour laws through the four Labour Codes Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code, 2020, Social Security Code, 2020, Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and Code on Wages, 2019 marks a historic transformation for the petroleum industry. These reforms provide a unified regulatory framework…
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NHRC Probes Ahmedabad Hoarding Collapse; 2 Workers Dead
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report about a tragic accident in Ahmedabad in which two workers died and another was critically injured after an advertising hoarding collapsed from the roof of a seven-storey residential building in Bopal. The incident…