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A Hyderabad startup's HR head, Rohan, says: 'Since the Labour Codes came into force, every earlier central labour law has been replaced and nothing remains outside the four Codes.' Which statement best assesses this claim under the ICSI syllabus on the Codes?

The claim is incorrect. The four Codes consolidated 29 central labour laws, but separate statutes such as the Apprentices Act, 1961 and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 still operate independently alongside them, so labour compliance is not entirely within the four Codes.

  1. AIncorrect, because separate enactments such as the Apprentices Act, 1961 and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 continue to operate alongside the CodesCorrect
  2. BCorrect, because the four Codes repealed every central labour enactment without exception
  3. CIncorrect, because the Codes consolidated only state labour laws and left all central laws untouched
  4. DCorrect, because the Apprentices Act, 1961 was merged into the Code on Wages

Explanation

The four Codes consolidated 29 central labour laws, but not all labour-related statutes. The Apprentices Act, 1961 and the POSH Act, 2013 remain separate laws, and both are in the syllabus separately. Hence the claim that nothing remains outside the Codes is wrong.

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