Code provides single registration for an establishment instead of multiple registrations. This will design a centralized database and develop an ease of doing business.

Appointment letter made Statutory.

Working Hours For Women: Working Hours for Women as per this new proviso female workers/women can work during night shifts with their consent. Also, the time slot for such night shift shall be from 7 p.m. and before 6 a.m., which shall also be approved by the central or state govt.

Rights and duties of employees and employers: Rights and duties laid down in the Code for  employees too, employees shall take care of their own health, shall comply with specified safety and  health measures, shall report unsafe situations to the inspector.

Offences and Penalties: Under the Code, an offence which leads to the death of an         employee will be  punishable with imprisonment of up to two years, or a fine up to five     lakh  rupee or, both. Further, the  court (Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or                         Inspector-cum-Facilitator or an officer of the appropriate  Government or a person          authorised to discharge any duty or to exercise any powers under this Code)  has been granted a discretionary power wherein, it may direct that at least 50% of such fine be  given  as compensation to the heirs of the victim. The Code further states that where no penalty has been   laid down for violation of the provision of the Code by the              employer, the employer will    be penalised  with a fine between two to three lakh rupees. And where the employee violates any provisions of the  Code, he will be subject to a fine of up to Rs. 10,000.

The appropriate government for the factory governed by the central government will be central  government,        including establishment of contractors for the purposes of such establishment. In  other cases the concerned     State Government where it is situated.

The code has also covered Audiovisual production' including feature films, non-feature films,  television, web-based serials, talk shows, reality shows etc and under the new definition of Audio  Visual- Worker” singer, news reader, dancer, stunt person, technical, artist and work like supervisory etc has been covered subject to some wages ceiling to be notified by the central government.

The definition of Contract Labour has been modified and includes inter-State migrant worker but excludes part-time employees, regularly employed n mutually accepted standards of the conditions of employment and entitled to Social Security benefits.

The new definition of Core Activity provides that activity for which establishment is set-up and

other activity like housekeeping, Security, canteen etc not to be treated as core activity.

Principal employer to provide welfare facilities, where the contract labour is deployed.

Principal employer shall be liable to make payment of wages to the contract labour deployed by  him

The work hours for different classes of establishment and employees shall be as per the rules  prescribed by     central or state government. Further, in relation to overtime work, an employee  shall be paid twice the rate of    daily wages. The code in regard to leaves states that no employee  shall work for more than 6 days a week,         however, an exception has been provided for motor  transport workers.