Labour laws amends.

Govt to fast-track labour law amendments NDA signals willingness to move on sensitive issues, proposes to move Bills in ongoing Parliament session

Union cabinet signed off on the relevant amendments to decades-old laws
The proposal to amend Labour Laws (exemption from furnishing returns and maintaining registers by certain establishments) Act, 1988, will allow thousands of small industries to file just one return for compliance with a dozen or more labour laws.

.The Union cabinet approved proposals to amend three labour laws to make it easier for businesses to hire workers—

1)The Factories Act, 1948,

2)Apprentices Act, 1961 and

3) Labour Laws (exemption from furnishing returns and maintaining registers by certain establishments) Act, 1988.
Will allow thousands of small industries to file just one return for compliance with 16 labour laws
The proposed changes to the Factories Act centre on five points—

improved safety of workers;

doubling the provision of overtime from 50 hours a quarter to 100 hours

in some cases and from 75 hours to 125 hours in other work of public interest;

increasing the penalty for violation of the Act;

relaxing the norms for women to work in some industry segments at night; and

reducing to 90 from 240 the number of days an employee needs to work before becoming eligible for benefits like paid leave. .

. Rajasthan became the first state to approve amendments to labour laws in the first week of June, Mint reported on 9 June. Now the proposed legislation will be sent to the central government for its final approval.

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