Top 10 Key Definitions Under the Four Labour Codes | What Has Changed?

The Four Labour Codes represent one of the most significant structural changes in India’s labour-law framework, consolidating 29 Central Labour Laws into four comprehensive Codes. In this video, we discuss the *Top 10 Key Definitions under the Four Labour Codes* and examine how these definitions affect employers, workers, employees and industrial establishments. The video covers: 1. *Wages* – Understanding the unified definition and the 50% allowance principle. 2. *Worker vs. Employee* – Understanding the distinction and its legal significance. 3. *Gig & Platform Workers* – The statutory recognition of new forms of employment. 4. *Fixed-Term Employment* – Direct fixed-period employment and statutory benefits. 5. *Employer* – The expanded scope of compliance responsibility. 6. *Factory* – Understanding the revised statutory thresholds. 7. *Appropriate Government* – Determining jurisdiction under labour legislation. 8. *Industrial Dispute* – Individual worker standing and dispute mechanisms. 9. *Strike* – Expanded statutory scope and the 14-day notice requirement. 10. *Core Activity of an Establishment* – Understanding the statutory framework relating to contract labour. The video also highlights an important question for every definition: *What has changed, and what has remained the same?* Understanding these definitions is essential because the meaning of a statutory term often determines *who is covered, which provisions apply, and what legal consequences may follow.* This video is intended for *employers, HR professionals, workers, trade-union representatives, labour-law professionals, compliance professionals, students and anyone interested in understanding India's evolving labour-law framework.* If you find this video useful, please *Like, Share and Subscribe* for more videos on Labour Laws, ESIC, Social Security, Industrial Relations and the Four Labour Codes. #LabourCodes #FourLabourCodes #LabourLaw #LabourLawIndia #Wages #IndustrialRelations #SocialSecurity #GigWorkers #FixedTermEmployment #LabourLawUpdates