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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
27-December-2016 14:23
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Year End Review-2016:
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Achievements and initiatives of the Ministry Of Labour &
Employment
The Government of
India is following the approach of ‘Reform to Transform’ through far-reaching
structural reforms. Employment Generation is the first priority for the
Government. After going through a decade of jobless growth, the Centre is
working on a comprehensive strategy to bring employment to the core of
development strategy, promoting industrial activity through Make in India,
enhancing employability through Skill India and encouraging innovation and
entrepreneurship through Start up India.
The Ministry of Labour
and Employment is committed towards job security, wage security and social
security for each and every worker. Along with bringing transparency and
accountability in enforcement of Labour Laws,the Ministry has taken important
initiatives to realize and establish the dignity of every worker
through provision of social security, enhancing the avenues and quality of
employment.
A. Legislative Reforms:
1. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 passed by the Parliament in the Winter
Session has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary on 1st January,
2016 as Act No. 6 of 2016 to come into force on the 1st day of
April, 2014.
The Payment of Bonus
(Amendment) Act, 2015 envisages enhancement of eligibility limit under
section 2(13) from Rs.10,000/- per month to Rs.21,000/- per month and
Calculation Ceiling under section 12 from Rs. 3500 to Rs.7000 or the minimum
wage for the scheduled employment, as fixed by the appropriate Government,
whichever is higher. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 also
mandates previous publication of draft subordinate legislations, framed under
the enabling provisions under the said Act, in the Official Gazette for
inviting objections and suggestions before their final notification.
2. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed by Rajya Sabha on 11th August,2016
which inter-alia include increasing maternity benefit to woman
covered under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 from 12 weeks to 26 weeks up to
two surviving children allowing the mother to take care of the child
during his/her most formative stage, providing maternity benefit of 12 weeks to
Commissioning mother (in case of surrogate child) and Adopting mother (in case
of adoption), facilitate “work from home” to a mother with mutual consent
of the employee and the employer, making mandatory in respect of establishment
having fifty or more employees , to have the facility of crèche either
individually or as a shared common facility within such distance as may be
prescribed by rules & also to allow four visits to the crèche by the woman
daily, including the interval for rest allowed to her and every establishment
to intimate in writing and electronically to every woman at the time of her initial
appointment about the benefits available under the Act.
3. The Employees’ Compensation (Amendment) Bill,
2016 was passed in Lok
Sabha on 9th August, 2016 to modify the provisions of
Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 to rationalize the penalties and strengthen
the rights of the worker under the Act.
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