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India's Labour Codes Enter The Compliance Phase: Key Implications Of The Central Rules, 2026
India's labour law reforms entered a significant phase with the enforcement of the Code on Wages, 2019, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (collectively, the “Labour Codes”) from November 21, 2025. Although the Labour Codes came into force in November 2025, their implementation remained incomplete in the absence of the corresponding subordinate legislation.
India Employment
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Clasis Law
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New Protections In The Superannuation System
The Australian Government has unveiled comprehensive reforms targeting consumer protections across superannuation and financial services, introducing stricter oversight of APRA-regulated funds, SMSFs, and managed investment schemes. These changes respond to recent high-profile investment failures and include enhanced trustee obligations, strengthened anti-hawking provisions, and modifications to the financial advice framework that could significantly impact compliance requirements for industry participants.
Australia Employment
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K&L Gates LLP
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EPF Compliance In The Gig Economy: Is India’s New Social Security Framework Enough?
India’s gig economy is expanding rapidly, but gig workers do not automatically receive the same provident fund protection as traditional employees. With the Code on Social Security, 2020 now in force and the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 notified, has India finally addressed the social-security gap or has it simply created a new, scheme-based framework that still falls short of EPF protection?
India Employment
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King, Stubb & Kasiva
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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

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New Protections In The Superannuation System
The Australian Government has unveiled comprehensive reforms targeting consumer protections across superannuation and financial services, introducing stricter oversight of APRA-regulated funds, SMSFs, and managed investment schemes. These changes respond to recent high-profile investment failures and include enhanced trustee obligations, strengthened anti-hawking provisions, and modifications to the financial advice framework that could significantly impact compliance requirements for industry participants.
Australia Employment
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K&L Gates LLP
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Podcast: SMSFs With CGW – Ban On SMSFs Using Borrowing To Acquire Residential Real Estate From August 2026
Cooper Grace Ward's latest podcast episode examines the new restrictions on SMSF borrowing for real estate purchases, clarifying widespread misconceptions about what constitutes a 'residential real estate ban.' Partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson, alongside senior associate Keeghan Silcock, break down the business real property test requirements and explain the critical transitional rules taking effect from August 2026.
Australia Wealth Mgt
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Cooper Grace Ward
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Employee Benefits & Compensation

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India's Labour Codes Enter The Compliance Phase: Key Implications Of The Central Rules, 2026
India's labour law reforms entered a significant phase with the enforcement of the Code on Wages, 2019, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (collectively, the “Labour Codes”) from November 21, 2025. Although the Labour Codes came into force in November 2025, their implementation remained incomplete in the absence of the corresponding subordinate legislation.
India Employment
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Clasis Law
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Understanding The 50% Wage Rule Under The Code On Wages, 2019: A Cap On Exclusions, Not A Ceiling On Wages
India’s new labour code framework, comprising four consolidated codes enacted between 2019 and 2020, represents the most comprehensive overhaul of employment laws since independence. Among these, the Code on Wages, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”) amalgamates the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, into a single, unified enactment.
India Employment
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S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
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Redundancy/Layoff

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Redundancy Consultation Obligations: No Shortcuts For Small Businesses
The Fair Work Commission's Full Bench has confirmed that employers of all sizes, including small businesses, must meaningfully consult with employees before making redundancy decisions. This landmark ruling clarifies that consultation obligations apply universally and that failure to provide genuine consultation before an irreversible dismissal decision can defeat a 'genuine redundancy' defence in unfair dismissal claims.
Australia Employment
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Cooper Grace Ward
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