The Code on Wages, 2019: An Analysis

Abstract

The Code on Wages is a measure put forth to ease the burden on the employers as well as employees. After the enactment of the Code, the three Acts were sublimed. The Code has eloquently expanded the definition of the employer as well as an employee so as to cover within its ambit both the organized as well as unorganized sector. Considering the development of an economy as a whole, both organized and unorganized sectors should be developed equally, development of one sector can be detrimental at the cost of another. The embodiment of Article 43 of the Constitution of India points out that a living wage must be provided to the workers so that it will open the doors of socio-economic development for the workers, and if a worker is full with content, he would play a significant role in the development of a particular industry, therefore, for a socialist society, the industrial democracy stands as a pre-requisite. The scanty maintenance of a labouring poor is evidence of the fact that things are at standstill or possibly going backward. In furtherance to this, the Act has an effective contribution to the Digital India campaign as the role of technology in the present times cannot be undermined. In this particular context, the Code on wages Act seems to have some positive impact.