In an effort to cutback the number of labour laws in the nation, the President has given assent to three labour codes on industrial relations, social security, occupational safety, health, and working conditions, along with the Code on Wages passed in 2019. The four codes are part of the government’s labour law reforms.


S.No.Code2020 Rules2025 Rules
1The Code on Wages, 2019 Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2019 draft rules Draft Wage CodeRules 2025
2The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Central Rules, 2020 -
3The Code on Social Security, 2020 The Code on Social Security Employees' Central Rules, 2021 Draft SS Code Rules 2025
4The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 The Industrial Relations Central Rules, 2020 Draft IR Code Rules 2025

Karnataka Draft Rules

Code-on-Wages-Karnataka-Rules-2021 Draft Wage Code Rules 2026
Code-on-Social-Security-(Karnataka)-Rules-2021 Draft OSH Rules 2026
Occupational-Safety-Health-and-Working-Conditions-(Karnataka)-Rules-2021 Draft SS Code Rules 2026
Industrial-Relations-Karnataka-Rules-2021 Draft IR Code Rules 2026