Protection for Journalists Under Threat Under New Labour Code 2020 https://www.newsclick.in/protection-journalists-under-threat-new-labour-codel The attack on journalists’ rights is set to face another major blow, as the Centre proposes to do away with the constitution of a wage board – tasked with devising a permanent wage fixation machinery – along with axing the protections that were designed to protect the media. A large number of vernacular media houses are still covered by the wage board, though these too are fast moving to contractual employment..
The abolishing of the wage board will be achieved through the passage of one of the three labour code Bills, tabled in Parliament last week
https://www.newsclick.in/Labour-Code-Bills-Take-Back-19th-Century The three bills – The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH&WC) Code, 2020, The Industrial Relations (IR) Code, 2020, and The Code on Social Security, 2020 – were tabled in Parliament on Saturday. Last year, The Code on Wages, 2019, which sought to regulate wage and bonus payments in all matters employment, was passed by both houses of Parliament.