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Labour Minister Issues Point-by-Point Rebuttal to Kharge\u2019s \u201cAnti-Worker\u201d Charge. (File)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday slammed Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over allegations that the newly introduced Labour Codes were \u201canti-worker” and tilted toward corporate interests, saying that the Congress has sunk so low in its hatred for the BJP that it is now standing against workers\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n

Mandaviya, in a post on X, issued a detailed, point-by-point rebuttal, accusing the Congress of spreading \u201cmisleading and false” claims, saying that the Narendra Modi government stands firmly for workers\u2019 welfare, job creation, formalisation, and social security.<\/p>\n

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.@kharge<\/a> ji, everything you said about the Labour Codes is misleading and false. Here is the truth that exposes your lies.Job Security Fully Protected<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mandatory one-month notice and retrenchment compensation remain intact, but Congress conveniently hides this to spread\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/pz7I2JgDkj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier today, Kharge detailed the Congress charge against the Modi government in a post on X, where he outlined what he called the threat to job security, problems with working hours and shifts, weakened trade unions and collective rights, weakened safety and welfare and other concerns.<\/p>\n

Kharge had warned that the Labour Codes would weaken job security, dilute standing orders, reduce safety protections, allow longer shifts, restrict union rights, and undermine migrant welfare, charging that the government was eroding decades of hard-won labour safeguards.<\/p>\n

Job Security Fully Protected, Says Mandaviya<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Countering Kharge\u2019s criticism over enhanced layoff thresholds, Mandaviya insisted that job protections remain intact.<\/p>\n

\u201cMandatory one-month notice and retrenchment compensation continue as before, but Congress hides these facts to spread fear,” he said. The minister highlighted the introduction of a Reskilling Fund\u2014a first in India\u2014designed to support workers who lose jobs, adding that raising the threshold will \u201cboost job creation by encouraging employers to hire more people directly instead of through contractors.”<\/p>\n

He argued that an expansion of formal jobs will lead to greater access to social security, guaranteed wages, and safer work conditions\u2014\u201cthe very things Congress failed to expand in decades.”<\/p>\n

Fixed-Term Employees Get Full Benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dismissing claims that Fixed Term Employment (FTE) would erode permanent jobs, Mandaviya said the codes for the first time grant FTEs all benefits equivalent to permanent workers, including EPF, ESI, minimum wages, and timely pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cFixed Term Employees (FTEs) now enjoy all benefits equal to permanent employees (EPF, ESI, timely wages, minimum wages). FTEs are now eligible for gratuity after just one year, another first under the Modi Government,” he added.<\/p>\n

This reduces the rampant contractualisation that Congress allowed for years, he said.<\/p>\n

Working Hours: \u2018Flexibility for Workers, Not Exploitation\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kharge had warned that state-level flexibility could enable de facto 12-hour shifts, raising safety risks.<\/p>\n

Mandaviya rejected the claim, reiterating that the 48-hour weekly cap remains non-negotiable. \u201cWorkers can voluntarily choose a four-day week with three paid holidays. Any additional hours require double overtime pay and the worker\u2019s consent. Congress knows this but prefers lies over facts,” he said.<\/p>\n

Trade Union Rights Strengthened, Not Weakened: Mandaviya<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Calling the Congress\u2019s allegations on trade-union restrictions \u201cblatantly false,” the Union Minister said the codes require only a 14-day notice before a strike, not 60 days as alleged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese reforms ensure conciliation first, reduce flash strikes, and protect workers\u2019 wages,” he said. For the first time, he added, trade unions receive statutory recognition as negotiating unions, strengthening collective bargaining.<\/p>\n

Safety, Welfare, and Unorganised Workers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Addressing concerns over weakened protections for journalists, beedi workers, and other groups, the Union Minister said no sector-specific safeguards had been removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAppointment letters are now mandatory for every employee\u2014a basic dignity Congress never ensured,” he said. He added that the codes extend social-security coverage to 40 crore unorganised-sector workers, including gig and platform workers, and prevent states from diluting protections without meeting Central guidelines.<\/p>\n

Accountability Measures Retained<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mandaviya asserted that only minor offences have been decriminalised to speed up compliance, while serious violations will continue to attract criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

He also pointed out that \u201cmany non-NDA states have already implemented similar amendments,” making Congress\u2019s criticism \u201chollow even within its own governing states.”<\/p>\n

\u201cModi Government stands firmly for workers\u2019 welfare, job creation, formalisation, and social security. Congress is attacking reforms it never had the vision to introduce. Congress has sunk so low in its hatred for the BJP that it is now standing against workers\u2019 welfare,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

Row Over Labour Codes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Several Opposition MPs, including Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, protested on Wednesday against the new labour codes in Parliament House complex and demanded their scrapping.<\/p>\n

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Modi Govt is anti-labour, anti-worker and pro-cronies!The Opposition parties protested against the Modi Govt in Parliament today, expressing our strong objection about the newly implemented Labour Codes. Some of the serious concerns in the New Codes are \u2013<\/p>\n

Threat to Job\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5dpIbuSdFF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

MPs of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Left parties, among others, participated in the protest in front of the Makar Dwar of Parliament. Carrying posters and placards against the new labour codes, the opposition MPs raised slogans demanding their rollback.<\/p>\n

Besides Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, TMC\u2019s Dola Sen, DMK\u2019s K Kanhimozhi and A Raja, CPI(M)\u2019s John Brittas, CPI(ML) Liberation\u2019s Sudama Prasad, among others, participated in the protest. The MPs also held a large banner which read \u2013 \u2018No to Corporate Jungle Raj, Yes to Labour Justice\u2019.<\/p>\n

New Labour Codes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Centre had last month notified the four labour codes, pending since 2020. The Congress had alleged that the 29 existing labour-related laws have been re-packaged into the four codes. The four labour codes are the Code of Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020) and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020).<\/p>\n

Key reforms include mandatory appointment letters to workers to ensure formalisation and job security; universal social security coverage, including to gig, platform, contract, and migrant workers, with PF, ESIC, and insurance benefits; statutory minimum wages and timely payment across all sectors; expanded rights and safety for women, including night-shift work and mandatory grievance committees; and free annual health check-ups for workers aged 40 and above.<\/p>\n

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