The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Labour Law Amendment Bill 2011
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Labour Law Amendment Bill 2011, which aims to simplify labour law procedures and also exempts from filing of returns.
The Bill also aims to benefit establishments employing up to 40 workers in maintaining registers and submitting returns electronically under 16 labour laws instead of nine laws.
The Bill was passed through a division vote, with 49 members voting in favour of the amendments and 19 against them. The bill was passed amid a walkout by CPI, CPM and JD(U) members.
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said, “The amendments are only for simplification of procedures. It is nothing anti-labour.”
( Source : dccorrespondent )
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