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  SHORTFALLS OF THE LABOUR CODES, 2019-20 (PART II) Pratyush Jena, Subhajit Lodh Chowdhury; 2nd Year, B.A. LL.B(Hons.), West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Kolkata Editorial Note: This is the final section in a two-part series highlighting the shortfalls of the Labour Code in India. In this part, the authors analyse the various issues pertaining to the  Code on Wages, 2019 and pen down their concluding observations. The first part analyzed the provisions of the code which deals with exempting powers of the government and migrant labourers. It also discussed how the new labour codes curb the power of calling strikes. The second part will now discuss in detail the issues pertaining to the code on wages and generalization of labour laws. Code on Wages, 2019 (‘CoW, 2019’) The Parliament passed CoW, 2019 in August last year subsuming four major legislations on wages into one. This consolidation was in line with the recommendation of the Second National Commission on

SHORTFALLS OF THE LABOUR CODES, 2019-20 (PART I) Pratyush Jena,  Subhajit Lodh Chowdhury; 2nd Year,  B.A. LL.B(Hons.), West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Kolkata Editorial Note: This is the first in a two-part series highlighting the shortfalls of the recently passed Labour Codes in India. In this part, the author analyses  the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019, and the various issues relating to both. Introduction: Recently, the Parliament passed codes on labour law, amidst harsh criticism and vociferous protests from opposition parties and various trade unions. The three codes, Industrial Relations Code, 2020 [1] , the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 [2] and the Social Security Code, 2020 [3] along with the Code on Wages, 2019 [4] which was passed last year, replace and amalgamate several diverse laws on the subject and are hailed as much needed reform and rationa