THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK: BALANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH LABOUR RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INDIA

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, animated by AI, automation, digital technologies and others, will not only change many careers, but also create job opportunities as well, in countries where there can be at least 85 million jobs lost in an industry that is now likely to come, and there are still 97 million jobs to be created. This study addresses one key research question which is a battle on the intersection of job automation with the Labour Day of India, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which makes it compulsory for layoffs to pay workers fair compensation and then the Code on Wages, 2019, not just that the labor relations system of the job that deals with job security but for what they have in hand must be there in their system for example Ola and Uber. It is to understand all the various ways 4IR technologies could be applied in a social rights system to human development in India and make policy changes for re-skilling to make jobs, basic income and AI ethics regulations for humans more humane, in line with ILO Convention No. 190 in its implementation. This tentative structure describes the introduction of 4IR impacts; legislative Review and Gaps; Judicial Interpretations; Global Best Practices; Reform Recommendations; and conclusion with a policy roadmap to promote a just transition in India’s 500 million workforce.