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A student preparing for CS Executive asks how many Labour Codes now consolidate the earlier central labour laws, and which of them deals with trade unions and industrial disputes. Which answer is correct?

There are four Labour Codes, and trade unions and industrial disputes are governed by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. It subsumed the Trade Unions Act, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act and Industrial Disputes Act. The Wages Code deals with wages and bonus instead.

  1. AThree Codes; the Code on Wages, 2019 deals with trade unions and disputes
  2. BFour Codes; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 deals with trade unions and disputesCorrect
  3. CFour Codes; the Code on Social Security, 2020 deals with trade unions and disputes
  4. DFive Codes; the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 deals with trade unions and disputes

Explanation

The central labour laws were consolidated into four Codes: Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security, and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions. Trade unions, standing orders and industrial disputes are covered by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. The Wages Code covers wages and bonus, not disputes.

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