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Govt to enact new labour laws soon to spur investment

‘We are amending our labour laws in order to encourage investment, ease of doing business and entrepreneurship. Amendments have also been proposed to enhance safety at workplace and working conditions especially for women,’ Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said.

He was addressing the Labour and employment Ministerial conference of G-20 nations here.

‘Use of Personal Protective Equipment has been made mandatory for hazardous industries.
Amendment in legislation has also been proposed to allow night work for women. This would promote participation of women in labour force.’

The ministry was concurrently working on minimum age of employment and to provide a mandatory national floor level of minimum wages apart from drafting a single law for MSME to increase formalisation.
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