
Engage in a self-assessment on wage components, employee versus worker distinctions, minimum wages, bonuses, eligibility and calculation, inspection roles, claim deadlines, and penalties for non-compliance.
Explore how strong labor law knowledge safeguards HR decisions, contracts, and intellectual property, with focus on disciplinary procedures, leave policy, and the roles of legal, HR-facing, and admin licensing departments.
Discuss Indian labor law complexity, the code on wages and four other codes, with common definitions to remove ambiguity, plus key changes and staying updated via government sources.
Discover the code on wages 2019, consolidating the minimum wages act 1948, payment of wages act 1936, payment of bonus act 1965, and equal remuneration act 1976 into nine chapters.
Explore the preliminary framework of the code on wages, 2019, including definitions of wages, contract labor, establishment, and employer, and how the Equal Remuneration Act ensures gender equity in pay.
Explains how the Minimum Wages Act protects workers by fixing rates by the appropriate government based on hourly, daily, or monthly pay, skills, and geography, including overtime and revisions.
Learn how the payment of wages act 1936 regulates wage payments, safeguards against unauthorized deductions, and sets timelines, permissible deductions, and complaint mechanisms for workers.
Learn statutory bonus rules: eligibility for employees earning up to 21,000 with 30 days worked, minimum 8.33%, maximum 20%, and allocable surplus, with payment due within eight months.
Outlines central and state advisory boards with equal employer and employee representation, independent members not exceeding one third, and a government–appointed chairperson, plus agendas on minimum wages and women’s employment.
Outline employer obligations to pay all amounts under the code for every employee, including nominee payments when they are deceased or unavailable, and the claims, audits, notices, and salary-slip requirements.
Covers New Labour Laws and Statutory Compliances
Law has a very important role to play in what any HR manager does in a day, though it may not be always apparent. You actually require a good hold of different laws starting from the recruitment, to their onboarding, mandatory paper work, different benefits such as PF, ESI, bonus, gratuity etc.
Also you will need to ensure that the decision of dismissal is taken after proper disciplinary proceedings. If you do not follow proper procedures, the company may have to pay compensation for wrongful termination or reinstate the employee with back wages in some cases.
In fact, as you go up the chain, legal knowledge becomes indispensable. Let’s say you are drafting a leave policy for a company, and fail to check the relevant Shops and Establishments Act of the state, you will almost certainly get it wrong. The consequence can be paying heavy fines by the company if an inspector comes visiting, a potentially negative impact on the brand and embarrassment in front of other employees.
Also if you talk about different functions of HR such as Recruitment, Training and Development, Performance Appraisal, Grievance handling etc then you will notice that a part, small to big, is played by the respective managers as well. But labour laws are something which other people usually don’t have much of an idea and if you make this strong then this will give you a lot of importance and growth in that company.
Code on Wages, 2019
Section 1:
Self-Assessment
Importance for HRs
New Codes
Codes on Wages, 2019
Section 2: Preliminary
Preliminary
FAQs
Section 3: Minimum wages
Minimum wages
FAQs
Section 4: Payment of Wages
Payment of Wages
FAQs
Section 5: Payment of Bonus
Payment of Bonus
FAQs
Recap