New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- The Code on Social Security, 2020, one of the four Labour Codes made effective from November 21, 2025, is enacted to consolidate and simplify the complex web of labour laws.

According to a government release, the Code consolidates nine existing labour laws into one comprehensive system to simplify compliance and extend benefits to organised, unorganised, gig, and platform workers.

The Code brings together life and disability insurance, health and maternity care, provident fund, and gratuity provisions under one umbrella, aiming to make welfare delivery more efficient and transparent through digital systems and streamlined procedures.

Under the new law, fixed-term employees will now be entitled to gratuity after co...