EBC's New Labour Codes Commentary Combo by Dr. J. K. Verma – Complete Set of 4 Books, All Four Labour Codes

The complete set of Eastern Book Company's commentaries on India's four new labour codes, all by Dr. J. K. Verma, Advocate, Patna High Court — four separate volumes bought together at a single combo price.

The four codes replace twenty-nine central labour enactments between them. For an employer, an HR department or a labour law practitioner, the four are not really separable: a single establishment is governed by all four at once, and a question about a workman's dues can run from the Wages Code into the Social Security Code and out again into the Industrial Relations Code. Having one author's treatment of all four, with the same method and the same cross-referencing throughout, is the point of the set.

The four volumes in this set

1. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020: A Commentary — consolidating thirteen enactments repealed by Section 143, including the Factories Act 1948, the Mines Act 1952, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act 1979 and the Building and Other Construction Workers Act 1996. Covers registration, duties of employers and employees, occupational safety and health, welfare, hours of work and annual leave, registers and returns, Inspector-cum-Facilitators, women workers, contract labour and inter-state migrant workers, offences and the Social Security Fund.
2. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020: A Commentary — consolidating three enactments repealed by Section 104: the Trade Unions Act 1926, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 and the Industrial Disputes Act 1947. Fourteen chapters and three Schedules covering bipartite forums, trade unions, standing orders, notice of change, voluntary arbitration, dispute resolution, strikes and lock-outs, lay-off, retrenchment and closure, the worker re-skilling fund, unfair labour practices, and offences and penalties.
3. The Social Security Code, 2020: A Commentary — consolidating nine enactments repealed by Section 164, including the Employees' Provident Funds Act 1952, the Employees' State Insurance Act 1948, the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, the Maternity Benefit Act 1961 and the Employees' Compensation Act 1923. Covers social security organisations, provident fund, ESIC, gratuity, maternity benefit, employees' compensation, the building and construction workers' cess, and social security for unorganised, gig and platform workers.
4. The Wages Code, 2019: A Commentary — consolidating the four wage enactments: the Payment of Wages Act 1936, the Minimum Wages Act 1948, the Payment of Bonus Act 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act 1976. Covers the uniform definition of wages, minimum wages and the floor wage, payment and deductions, bonus, the advisory boards, inspector-cum-facilitators, claims, offences and penalties.

What each volume carries

• A comparative table setting the provisions of each new Code against the corresponding provisions of the enactments it repeals — so the old law can be traced into the new, in either direction.
• Relevant notifications reproduced at the provisions they relate to, rather than relegated to an appendix.
• The Central Rules, 2026 made under each Code.
• Table of cases, notifications on enforcement, and a detailed subject index in every volume.
• First Editions, 2026.

Who should buy this set

• Labour law practitioners and advocates who need all four codes under one author's hand.
• Employers, HR, payroll and compliance teams in manufacturing, mining, construction, transport and services — every establishment is governed by all four.
• Principal employers, contractors and aggregators engaging contract labour, inter-state migrant workers, or gig and platform workers.
• Trade unions and worker representatives.
• Corporate legal departments, consultants and auditors running labour compliance reviews.
• Academics, law students and judicial service aspirants reading labour and industrial law under the new codes.

About the author

Dr. J. K. Verma is an Advocate at the Patna High Court and a writer on service and labour law. For Eastern Book Company he has revised the standard works Departmental Enquiries and Misconduct in Employment, and he is the author of all four commentaries in this set.

The individual volumes are also available separately at The Big Books.