BMS terms 4th draft of social security code 'disappointing'

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Monday said it has rejected the latest draft social security code saying it is "totally disappointing" for workers in the country.

Recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment circulated a draft of the social security code to seek comments from stakeholders.

"The latest 4th draft on Social Security Code, 2019, is totally disappointing for the workers," said BMS in its comments on the code submitted to the ministry on Monday.

According to a statement by the trade union, BMS has said the new draft is a weak cut and paste of existing eight social security laws with different threshold limits for different benefits, and, in the current form, is contrary to the objectives of the codification of labour laws.

"Unlike the wage code, it is not universal, i.e. it did not aim the last worker to be benefitted by all the benefits. It creates a class division of privileged employees, workers and unfortunate wage workers with different sets of benefits," it ...