Govt Notifies Final Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2025: 17 Old Labour Rules Replaced:

Govt Notifies Final Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2025: 17 Old Labour Rules Replaced The Ministry of Labour and Employment under the Government of India has officially notified the final version of Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2025, through a Notification No. G.S.R. 343(E), dated May 08, 2026. These rules have been developed in exercise of the powers granted under sub-section (1) of section 67 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019).

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The government had previously invited feedback (objections and suggestions) on the draft version of the said rules, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, Sub-section (i), through a Notification No. G.S.R. 936 (E), dated December 30, 2025. These objections and suggestions were invited from individuals likely to be affected by these rules within 45 days of the date of publication of the above notification, i.e., December 30, 2025. After the prescribed time limit ended, the Central Government duly considered the suggestions and objections received from persons and stakeholders on the draft of the Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2025, and accordingly made the necessary changes to the said rules and thereafter issued the final version.

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According to the notification, the newly introduced Code on Wages (Central) Rules, 2025, will replace the following rules:

S. No.	Rule Name	Year
(i)	Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules	1937
(ii)	Payment of Wages (Railways) Rules	1938
(iii)	Minimum Wages (Central) Rules	1950
(iv)	Payment of Wages (Mines) Rules	1956
(v)	Payment of Wages (Procedure) Application to Scheduled Employments Rules	1962
(vi)	Payment of Wages (Manner of Recovery of Excess Deductions) Rules	1966
(vii)	Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules	1968
(viii)	Payment of Wages (Deductions for National Defence Fund and Defence Savings Scheme) Rules	1972
(ix)	Payment of Bonus Rules	1975
(x)	Equal Remuneration Rules	1976
(xi)	Payment of Undisbursed Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules	1988
(xii)	Payment of Undisbursed Wages (Mines) Rules	1989
(xiii)	Central Advisory Committee on Equal Remuneration Rules	1991
(xiv)	Payment of Wages (Nomination) Rules	2009
(xv)	Minimum Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules	2011
(xvi)	Code on Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules	2021
(xvii)	Ease of Compliance to Maintain Register under Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and the Payment of Wages Act, 1936	—

Refer to the official notification for complete information.