PROGRAM-2. Labour Codes Essentials
Course Modules
Module 1 — Introduction to Four Labour Codes
Understand why 29 central labour laws were consolidated into four comprehensive codes. Learn the historical context, the legislative journey, and what these changes mean for HR professionals, employers, and employees in the modern workplace.
Module 2 — The Code on Wages, 2019
Learn how the Code on Wages redefines the concept of wages across workplaces. Understand the minimum wage framework, floor wage provisions, payment of wages compliance, and how salary structuring must adapt to the new definition of wages.
Module 3 — The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Understand the rules that govern the relationship between employers and employees. Learn about trade unions, standing orders, dispute resolution mechanisms, conditions for layoffs, retrenchment, and closure — and what HR must do to stay compliant.
Module 4 — The Code on Social Security, 2020
Explore how the new code consolidates benefits like Provident Fund, ESI, gratuity, maternity benefit, and more under one framework. Understand extended coverage to gig workers and unorganised sector employees and the compliance obligations for HR teams.
Module 5 — The Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020
Learn the employer's obligations around workplace safety, working hours, leave entitlements, and working conditions. Understand what the code means for HR in terms of maintaining records, conducting inspections, and ensuring a safe and legally compliant workplace.