The new labour laws which were to be implemented on 1st July 2022 for all the corporates and organizations under the registration of the ministry of corporate affairs have been postponed as of now due to multiple states not agreeing on the terms. The new labour law will shrink working hours, and PF as well as the in-hand salary of employees in the process.
There are rumours surging in the corridors of corporates as well in the labour ministry on the latest new labour laws 2022 which are now slated to be effective on a later date due to the non-agreement of certain states.
The latest labour laws would be reducing the take-home salary of the employees by increasing the HRA as well as the PF categories of the salary structure. Apart from that, new labour laws 2022 will also extend working hours to 12 hours a day as per the reports.
The labour ministry is ready with the rules for the 4 codes and mentions them when some states will be ready for the guidelines applied in their domain. Jammu & Kashmir has notified the rules, while Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh have placed draft laws for two codes and Karnataka has prepared rules for one code.
One of the biggest impacts of the new labour law will be on the take-home salaries, which is expected to reduce, owing to the fact that the government is eyeing increasing contributions towards provident fund (PF) and other post-retirement schemes. The new laws are expected to come into play soon, which will force employers to modify their employee compensations.
As per the Wages Codes 2019, wages that are paid to an employee include the basic pay plus dearness allowance (DA) and retention payment. Therefore, other remunerations such as PF contributions, bonuses, pension, HRA, gratuity, overtime, etc. are not covered under the definition of wages.
The new wages code makes it compulsory for organisations to make sure that 50 per cent of employees’ CTC is basic pay, while the remaining 50 per cent comprises other employee allowances, including house rent, overtime, etc.
If the company pays any additional exemptions or allowances that exceed 50 per cent of the CTC, the same will be treated as remuneration to be added to the wages.
The new labour laws limit the maximum basic pay to 50 per cent of CTC, thus effectively increasing the Gratuity bonus to be paid to the employee.
Under the new wages code, the gratuity amount will be calculated on a larger salary base, which will include basic pay plus allowances such as a special allowance on wages. This is expected to increase the gratuity cost of companies.
While increasing the social security (pension) components of wages, the new laws are likely to decrease the take-home salary of employees.
There is also a rule incoming for any 15 minutes or more overtime will be attracting overtime payment to the employees.
The government has also made it clear that 48 hours is the maximum limit for a one-week work capacity and the employers are flexible to choose this work time and make it available in 4 days, 5 days, or 6-day week structure.
With the new law, the government is all set to subsume 44 central labour laws into four board labour codes, which are – code on wages, industrial relations; occupational safety, health and working conditions (OSH) and social security. The same has already received the President’s nod.
While the code on wages was passed in Parliament in 2019, the other three codes were approved by both the Houses last year. The Labour Ministry is now all set to implement the new rules under these four labour codes.
“We have finalised the rules under the four codes which are required to implement the four labour codes. We are ready to notify these rules. The states are doing their work to firm up rules under the four codes,” says Labour Secretary Apurva Chandra.
Pertaining to the new labour rules, companies will be required to make major changes in the employees’ salary structure. These include an increase in gratuity and the exclusion of benefits such as bonus, PF, and HRA from the wages.
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In work from home, we are working 13 to 14 hours in a day how we can escalate this issue
what are the basic criteria for Gratuity payments? Is there a rule for minimum staff requirement for gratuity payment? I was told minimum of 10 members is required for gratuity payment is that right. please confirm.
Yes, as per "The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is applicable to factories, other establishments with 10 or more employees.
Can a company take back the salary of the hike once I got the salary revised? I got a salary of 40,000 this month as it was revised and previously it was 28000 just an example. can they have the right to revert my salary from next month to 28000 again, and also can they take back that 12k in next salary which means this month 12 k extra salary they are going to take it in next month which means my salary of next month ll be like 28k-12k =16k
It's really good to update knowledge
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What option we have to reduce notice period time. Can we go legally if we can server 60 days instead of 90 days. Please confirm?
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Pawan
If my salary increases 23000/- from 16500 /- Then my esic will be continued or not. and what is my esic card valid for future? Kindly suggest me how to my esic card will continue?
ESI contribution continues till contribution period till September. ESI will be calculated on INR 23000
No, because the Enhanced salary more than coverage salary i.e Rs.21000/-
NO, your ESIC will stop,
Gratuity minimum time ?
Is this Labour Code applicable to Businesses/Establishments of all sizes?
The Labour Code 2020 is applicable on the establishments those who falls under the criteria of PF and ESI applicability