Centre notifies labour codes; minimum wage formula dropped, leaving retail workforce costs to states
India's four labour codes are now live, mandating wage slips, gig worker social security, an 8-hour day with 48-hour weekly cap, and night-shift consent. But the Centre dropped the national minimum wage formula, leaving retailers exposed to fragmented state-level wage regimes and compliance risk across store networks.
Centre notifies final rules for all four labour codes, including national floor wage, mandatory wage slips, gig worker social security, and night-shift consent rules—but drops the formula for calculating minimum wage, raising concerns about inconsistent state-level wages affecting retail workforce.