A brief introduction to The Bill Code on Wages, 2019 Act. This will help people in various ways. The Code has subsumed four labor laws -- Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act. After the enactment of the Code, all the four Acts stand repealed. Its date of enforcement is yet to be notified in the Official Gazette, upon which, the Current Laws relating to wages will stand repealed.

1. THE BILL CODE ON WAGES,2019
Prepared by – Mihika Vasava
MBA(HR)

2. About the act
 Amendment and consolidation
 Of laws relating to wages and bonus
 And matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto.

3. 4 Wages acts submitted
into
1 Code
Equal Remuneration Act,1976
Minimum Wages Act,1948
Payment of Bonus Act,1965
Payment of Wages Act,1936

4. Why India needed a Wage Code
 62% of the workforce is made up of casual
workers who needed a right to minimum
wage
 Previous minimum wage system was
complex with states fixing rates for 1709
scheduled employments and centered for
45
 33% of wage workers were paid less than
incentive minimum wages in 2009-
10,according to Labour Ministry

6. Main features of the Code of
Wage Bill
 Universalized provisions of minimum
wages
 Removes multiplicity of definitions and
authorities
 Ensures timely wage payment to all
employees

7.  Ease of compliance will incentivize setting
up of more enterprises which will result in to
more opportunities
 Changes the role of Inspector to Facilitator
to guide and advice employers and
workers

8. Key highlights of the Code
 Increase in Scope & Applicability
 Wage Computation [Clause 2(y)]
 Floor Wages & Minimum Wages [Clauses
6(6) & 9]
 Overtime [Clause 14]
 Time limit for payment of wages [Clause 17]

9.  Prohibition of discrimination [Clause 3]
 Register [Clause 50]
 Inspection [Clause 51]
 Claims & opportunity to cure [Clauses
45(6), 54(3) & 59]
 Offences, penalty & compounding [Clauses
54 & 56]

10. Concluding Remarks
 Passed by the both the Houses of the
Parliament and has also received
Presidential assent
 Date of enforcement is yet to be
notified in the Official Gazettes
 The Code emphasizes on compliance
as it increases the cost of non-
compliance

11.  The Code makes this opportunity to
compound uniformly available and is a
step forward in the direction of ease-
of-business
 The Code also provides an
opportunity to rectify breach and in
which case employers need not worry
about prosecution