Code on Social Security, 2020

This edition of The Code on Social Security, 2020 (No. 36 of 2020), updated through 2026, provides the complete and authentic text of the law as enacted, incorporating all provisions brought into force vide the latest government notifications. Designed as a dependable statutory reference, this Bare Act is ideal for students, legal practitioners, HR professionals, compliance officers, and organisations dealing with social security, labour welfare, and employment regulations.

The volume includes comparative tables aligning the sections of the Code with the corresponding provisions of the repealed Acts, offering clarity on legislative transitions and the consolidation of multiple labour laws into a single, streamlined framework. This Code replaces several landmark social security legislations, including the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952; the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948; the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923; the Employment Exchanges Act, 1959; the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961; the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; the Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981; the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996; and the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008.