Understanding the New Labour Laws: How Will the Compliance Changes Affect You?

Dear All,

Greetings of the day!

Enclosed herewith is the draft Notification on the Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2016.

The last date to submit an application for any query is 30th November 2016.

Thank you.

What penalty is going to be imposed for employers not maintaining registers as per the format? As of today, the fine value is only Rs.1000/-. What does this show? It should be a minimum of Rs.50,000/- with rigorous imprisonment for 2 years as a penalty.

You may want to consider providing your suggestions to the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, with proper reasoning. It may not be beneficial to express opinions that are not relevant to the readers. For example, you questioned, "What penalty is going to be imposed for employers not maintaining registers as per the format?" Currently, the fine is only Rs. 1,000. What does this indicate? Perhaps it should be a minimum of Rs. 50,000, along with rigorous imprisonment for 2 years as a penalty.

Please be aware that none of the members here have the authority to accept your recommendations.

These new rules and forms will be under the central rules, right? Each state will still follow the old rules, or does this automatically apply to all state rules and they also get amended? If this is central rules only, then it's a meaningless exercise for most employers. Any clarity on the above will help.