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Draft Employee’s Compensation Rules under Social Security Code

The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft Code on Social Security (Employee’s Compensation) (Central) Rules, 2021 and invited comments from stakeholders. The Code on Social Security, 2020, grants powers to the Central Government, under which the Draft Rules are made to bring into operation Chapter VII (Employee’s Compensation). Importantly, these Draft Rules are proposed in supersession of rules under the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923, that will stand repealed by Section 164 of the Code, as and when it is brought into force.