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Case 47 · Policy misfire

Labour codes. Worker protections gutted in silence

Sep 2020

Passed amid opposition boycott

2,147 days since Recorded outcome: Passed amid opposition boycott.

Human cost Est
A rising share of the workforce pushed into insecure, easily-terminated contracts
Financial cost Est
Weakened job security and collective bargaining for millions

What happened

Twenty-nine labour laws were folded into four codes, raising the threshold for firing workers without permission, expanding fixed-term contracts and tightening the rules for legal strikes.

Claim against record

What the government said

The government says the codes simplify compliance, ease business and formalise jobs.

What the record shows

Passed amid opposition boycott

The codes were passed while much of the opposition was absent or suspended, with almost no debate on provisions that hand bargaining power decisively to employers, and then left in years of limbo through stalled implementation.

What accountability should have looked like

Match any hiring flexibility with portable social security and real unemployment support, agreed through genuine tripartite consultation.

Ministers and office-holders responsible

Naming who held the portfolio is a matter of public record. It is not by itself a finding of personal responsibility for any death or any rupee.

Sources

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Citizens' Accountability Ledger, "Labour codes. Worker protections gutted in silence" (Sep 2020), case-12. https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-12/

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