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The majority of the Central trade unions on Thursday boycotted the Labour and Employment Ministry?s consultation on the draft rules for the four labour codes enacted by the government in 2019 and 2020, terming the exercise a ?farce?. The codification of laws on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations into four codes is expected to be implemented in the next financial year, for which the process of framing rules is underway. Ten out of the 12 Central trade unions declined to attend the meeting called by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar. While the Code on Wages Rules and the Industrial Relations Code Rules were discussed on Thursday, the discussion on the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Rules and Social Security Code Rules would be discussed on January 12
