UK-India CETA Chapter 20: Labour
Text of chapter 20 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.
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This chapter demonstrates our commitment to upholding international labour standards, ensuring sustainable economic growth and a predictable business environment.
The chapter commits to upholding international labour protections for workers in both India and the UK. This includes protections on freedom of association and protection from forced labour in line with the obligations of both parties to uphold these protections in their domestic legislation. This is by virtue of their membership of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) agency that sets international labour standards.
The chapter will also encourage good business practice and corporate responsibility, advance our mutual ambition to tackle forced labour and gender discrimination in the workplace, and promote decent working conditions. The deal also contains commitments for the effective enforcement of labour laws.
This chapter will ensure fair competition for UK and Indian business through a commitment that neither country will selectively disapply their labour protections. The UK and India will continue to retain flexibility to regulate for domestic interests.
The agreement is not yet in force. Both the UK and India are required to complete their respective domestic procedures for the agreement to come into effect. Once ratified by both countries, businesses will be able to trade under its terms.