Without the Opposition present in the Rajya Sabha due to the boycott, the Upper House on Wednesday cleared 3 important labor bills: the Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2020, Code on Social Security Bill, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Bill, 2020. The Lok Sabha had passed these on Tuesday.

The opposition has threatened to boycott the remaining monsoon session over their suspension following the farm bills debate, or the lack thereof. The ruling NDA MPs have said opposition members attacked Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh while the opposition maintains that the mics in the house were cut and bills passed by voice vote instead of division, which is the traditional method used to pass contentious bills.

With the Industrial Relations Code Bill, the government has sought to amend the definition of strike by including mass casual leave of workers. Under the IR code, if over 50 percent of a company’s workers take a concerted casual leave, it will be treated as a strike. As per the IR code, a worker cannot go on strike without providing, at least, notice.

The Social Security Bill proposes the creation of a National Social Security Board which will be responsible for formulating suitable schemes for unorganized workers, gig workers, and platform workers. The code also proposes the formation of a social security fund to provide social security to three classes of workers.

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Under the Occupational Safety Code, women employees will be permitted to work at night, holidays, and working hours. The code also defines a migrant worker as someone who has come from his/her own state to seek employment in another state, and who earns up to Rs 18,000 per month.

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