Centre passes the baton on to States for initiating labour law reforms

It is pushing the states to undertake they reforms without taking the Ordinance route to codify the laws

The Central government is pushing the State governments to undertake labour law reforms, even as it is not willing to take the Ordinance route to codify the laws.

A letter sent by Union labour and employment ministry to the Andhra Pradesh government has asked the State to “expedite” the increase in the daily working limit to 12 hours from eight and to introduce fixed-term employment “to address Covid-19.”

“Please refer to previous communications on labour reforms and telephonic conversations to the Chief Minister of your state. In order to address the challenges (that have) emerged due to (the) Covid-19 pandemic, it is