Explainer- What the New Labour Codes Mean for India’s Petroleum Industry

December 1, 2025 4:28 PM

Explainer- What the New Labour Codes Mean for India’s Petroleum Industry

The rollout of the new labour codes – the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code, the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations (IR) Code, and the Social Security Code – marks one of the most significant overhauls of workplace rules for India’s petroleum sector in decades. According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the consolidated framework replaces a patchwork of older laws with a uniform, tech-enabled compliance system aimed at reducing accidents and stre...

New Labour Codes Expand Protections and Flexibility for Women Workers

November 27, 2025 3:04 PM

New Labour Codes Expand Protections and Flexibility for Women Workers

India has implemented a new set of Labour Codes aimed at strengthening protections and improving welfare for workers across sectors. The Centre announced on Friday that the four Labour Codes—the Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code (2020)—will replace 29 existing central labour laws to streamline and modernise labour regulation. A key focus of the reforms is increasing wom...