Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
The government is firm on achieving all it can on labour reforms despite political hurdles. In spite of protests from unions, it is unlikely to relent on the proposal to allow units employing up to 300 to lay off workers sans government approval. It is also in no mood to withdraw proposals to make it tougher to form trade unions and bar outsiders as union leaders. Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya told FE that two labour-related codes-one on wages and another on industrial relations - would be introduced for "discussion and passage" in the monsoon session of Parliament. When asked about the aforementioned contentious proposals, he said: "By and large the provisions will remain the same" as in earlier drafts, hinting that moves to give more labour flexibility to the industry are afoot.
