New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Without the participation of Opposition members, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed three crucial labour sector Bills which will influence lives and livelihood of millions of "blue collar "workers.
The new legislations will, among other things, allow a corporate to hire and fire "blue collared" workers at will.
The protesting MPs had written to Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu that the contentious Bills should not be passed "unilaterally. It will be a blot on democracy." The labour Bills form part of the labour reforms move.
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 were earlier passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. These Bill...