India’s New Labour Codes 2025: Key Changes, Impact & Benefits

India’s labour law landscape has entered a new era with the implementation of four comprehensive labour codes by the Government of India. These codes have replaced 29 fragmented central labour laws with a simplified, unified legal framework aimed at improving ease of doing business while strengthening worker protection. The four codes include the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. Together, they seek to modernise employment regulations, enhance transparency, and extend social security to a far wider section of India's workforce.