Code on Social Security, 2020 with Comparative Table

The Code on Social Security, 2020 is one of India’s four transformative labour codes, enacted to consolidate, rationalise, and expand social security coverage for workers across organised, unorganised, gig, and platform sectors. This 2025 updated edition, published by Law & Justice Publishing Co., presents the Bare Act with comments, incorporating all notified provisions and statutory developments to date.

This edition reflects the phased implementation of the Code, with certain provisions brought into force w.e.f. 3-5-2021 (vide S.O. 1730(E), dated 30th April, 2021) and further provisions enforced w.e.f. 3-5-2023 (vide S.O. 2060(E), dated 3-5-2023). The book is therefore fully aligned with the currently operational legal framework.

To ensure continuity and ease of reference, the volume includes comparative tables mapping the provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020 with the repealed and subsumed enactments, including laws governing provident fund, employee state insurance, gratuity, maternity benefit, workers’ compensation, and unorganised workers’ welfare.

Prepared with clarity and practical utility, this edition serves as an indispensable reference for labour law practitioners, HR and compliance professionals, employers, policymakers, trade unions, consultants, and students, offering a comprehensive understanding of India’s evolving social security regime.

Key Highlights

• Bare Act with Comments

• Latest 2025 Edition

• Covers The Code on Social Security, 2020 (Act 36 of 2020)

• Phased enforcement covered:

  • Certain provisions effective 3-5-2021
    (vide S.O. 1730(E), dt. 30-4-2021)

  • Further provisions effective 3-5-2023
    (vide S.O. 2060(E), dt. 3-5-2023)

• Includes comparative tables showing sections of:

  • The Code on Social Security, 2020

  • The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923

  • The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

  • The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

  • The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

  • The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

  • The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996

  • The Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008

• Covers social security for:

  • Organised and unorganised workers

  • Gig and platform workers

  • Contract and inter-state migrant workers

• Clear presentation for compliance, advisory, and academic use

• Essential reference for HR, labour compliance, industrial relations, and policy analysis