The Social Security Code consolidates nine statutes — EPF 1952, ESI 1948, Maternity Benefit 1961, Payment of Gratuity 1972, Workmen's Compensation 1923, BOCW Cess 1996 and three more — and adds the world's first national statutory frame for gig and platform workers. A practitioner's read on the gig and platform definitions, the 1-to-2 per cent aggregator contribution, the pro-rata gratuity rule, and the June 2026 commencement gap.
The Code on Wages 2019, the Industrial Relations Code 2020, the OSH Code 2020 and the Code on Social Security 2020 have all been gazetted. Almost none of their substantive provisions are in force. A practitioner's map of the commencement architecture, the State Rules patchwork, the writ-petition pipeline, and what continues to govern in June 2026.
The OSH Code consolidates thirteen statutes — Factories Act 1948, Mines Act 1952, Contract Labour 1970, Inter-State Migrant Workmen 1979, BOCW 1996, Plantation Labour 1951 and seven more — into a single occupational-safety frame. A practitioner's read on the new factory threshold, the migrant worker definition, the contract-labour line, and the June 2026 commencement gap.