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THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE, 2020

2020

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Apprentices Act , 1961 Apprenticeship Rules , 1992 Boilers Act , 1923 Building Contruction Workers Act , 1996 Building Contruction Workers Cess Act , 1996 Building Contruction Workers Cess Rules , 1998 Child Labour Act , 1986 Code on Wages Act , 2019 Contract Labour Act , 1970 Dangerous Machines Act , 1983 Dangerous Machines Rules , 1984 EDLIS Scheme , 1976 Employees Compensation Act , 1923 Employees Pension Scheme , 1995 Employees Provident Fund Scheme , 1952 Employers Liability Act , 1938 Employment Exchanges Act , 1959 Employment Exchanges Rules , 1960 Equal Remuneration Act , 1976 Equal Remuneration Rules , 1976 ESI (Central) Rules , 1950 ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules , 1950 ESI (General) Regulations , 1950 ESI Act , 1948 Exemptions From Registers and Returns Act , 1988 Factories Act , 1948 Fatal Accidents Act , 1855 Gratuity Act , 1972 ID (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act , 1949 Industrial Disputes Act , 1947 Industrial Relations Code , 2020 Industrial Relations Code , 2020 Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act , 1979 Manipur Minimum Wage Rules , 1961 Maternity Benefit Act , 1961 Mines Act , 1952 Minimum Wages Act , 1948 Motor Transport Workers Act , 1961 Occupational Safety and Working Conditions Code , 2020 Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act , 1995 Payment of Bonus Act , 1965 Payment of Bonus Rules , 1975 Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules , 1968 Payment of Wages Act , 1936 Payment of Wages Nomination Rules , 2009 Payment of Wages Recovery Rules , 1966 PF Act , 1952 Plantations Labour Act , 1951 Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules , 1955 Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act , 2013 Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women Rules , 2013 PSARA , 2005 PSARA Rules , 2020 Sales Promotion Employees Act , 1976 Sales Promotion Employees Rules , 1976 Social Security Code , 2020 Standing Orders Act , 1946 Trade Unions Act , 1926 Transgender Persons Act , 2019 Unorganised Workers Social Security Act , 2008 Unorganised Workers Social Security Rules , 2009 Weekly Holidays Act , 1942 Working Journalists Act , 1955 Working Journalists Rates of Wages Act , 1958 Working Journalists Rules , 1957
Related Legislation: - Industrial Disputes Act , 1947

Full Text

Chapter I - Preliminary
Section 1 .  Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 .  Definitions
Chapter II - Bi-Partite Forums
Section 3 .  Works Committee
Section 4 .  Grievance Redressal Committee
Chapter III - Trade Unions
Section 5 .  Registrar of Trade Unions
Section 6 .  Criteria for Registration
Section 7 .  Provisions to be contained in Constitution or rules of Trade Union
Section 8 .  Application for registration, alteration of name and procedure thereof
Section 9 .  Registration of Trade Union and cancellation thereof
Section 10 .  Appeal against non-registration or cancellation of registration
Section 11 .  Communication to Trade Union and change in registration particulars
Section 12 .  Incorporation of a registered Trade Union
Section 13 .  Certain Acts not to apply to registered Trade Unions
Section 14 .  Recognition of negotiating union or negotiating council
Section 15 .  Objects of general fund, composition of separate fund and membership fee of Trade Union
Section 16 .  Immunity from civil suit in certain cases
Section 17 .  Criminal Conspiracy in furtherance of objects of Trade Union
Section 18 .  Enforceability of agreements
Section 19 .  Right to Inspect books of Trade Union
Section 20 .  Rights of minor to membership of Trade Union
Section 21 .  Disqualification of office-bearers of Trade Unions
Section 22 .  Adjudication of disputes of Trade Union
Section 23 .  Proportion of office-bearers to be connected with industry
Section 24 .  Change of name, amalgamation, notice of change and its effect
Section 25 .  Dissolution
Section 26 .  Annual returns
Section 27 .  Recognition of Trade Unions at Central and State level
Chapter IV - Standing Orders
Section 28 .  Application of this Chapter
Section 29 .  Making of model standing orders by Central Government and temporary application
Section 30 .  Preparation of draft standing orders by employer and procedure for certification
Section 31 .  Certifying officer and appellate authority to have powers of civil court
Section 32 .  Appeals
Section 33 .  Date of operation of standing orders and its availability
Section 34 .  Register of standing orders
Section 35 .  Duration and modification of standing orders
Section 36 .  Oral evidence in contradiction of standing orders not admissible
Section 37 .  Interpretation, etc., of standing orders
Section 38 .  Time limit for completing disciplinary proceedings and liability to pay subsistence allowance
Section 39 .  Power to exempt
Chapter V - Notice of Change
Section 40 .  Notice of Change
Section 41 .  Power of Appropriate Government to Exempt
Section 42 .  Voluntary Reference of Disputes to Arbitration
Chapter VI - Mechanism for Resolution of Industrial Disputes
Section 43 .  Conciliation Officers
Section 44 .  Industrial Tribunal
Section 45 .  Finality of Constitution of Tribunal
Section 46 .  National Industrial Tribunal
Section 47 .  Decision of Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal
Section 48 .  Disqualifications for members of Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunal
Section 49 .  Procedure and powers of arbitrator, conciliation officer, Tribunal and national Industrial Tribunal
Section 50 .  Powers of Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of work
Chapter VII - Mechanism for Resolution of Industrial Disputes
Section 51 .  Transfer of Pending Cases
Section 52 .  Adjustment of Services of Presiding Officers under Repealed Act
Section 53 .  Conciliation and Adjudication of Disputes
Section 54 .  Reference to and Functions of National Industrial Tribunal
Section 55 .  Form of award, its Communication and Commencement
Section 56 .  Payment of Full Wages to Worker Pending Proceedings in High Court
Section 57 .  Persons on Whom Settlements and Awards are Binding
Section 58 .  Period of Operation of Settlements and Awards
Section 59 .  Recovery of Money Due from Employer
Section 60 .  Commencement and Conclusion of Proceedings
Section 61 .  Certain Matters to be Kept Confidential
Chapter VIII - Strikes and Lock-Outs
Section 62 .  Prohibition of Strikes and Lock-Outs
Section 63 .  Illegal Strikes and Lock-Outs
Section 64 .  Prohibition of Financial Aid to Illegal Strikes or Lock-Outs
Chapter IX - Layoff, Retrenchment and Closure
Section 65 .  Application of Sections 67 to 69
Section 66 .  Definition of Continuous Services
Section 67 .  Rights of Workers Laid-off for Compensation etc.
Section 68 .  Duty of an Employer to Maintain Muster Rolls of Workers
Section 69 .  Workers not Entitled for Compensation in Certain Cases
Section 70 .  Conditions Precedent to Retrenchment of Workers
Section 71 .  Procedure for Retrenchment
Section 72 .  Re-employment of Retrenched Workers
Section 73 .  Compensation of Workers in Case of Transfer of Establishment
Section 74 .  Sixty Days Notice to be given of Intention to Close Down any Undertaking
Section 75 .  Compensation to Workers in case of Closing Down of Undertakings
Section 76 .  Effect of Laws Inconsistent with this Chapter
Chapter X-Special Provisions Relating to Lay-Off, Retrenchment and Closure in Certain Establishments
Section 77 .  Applications of this Chapter
Section 78 .  Prohibition of Lay-Offs
Section 79 .  Conditions Precedent to Retrenchment of Workers to Which Chapter X Applies
Section 80 .  Procedure for closing down an industrial establishment
Section 81 .  Duty of an Employer to Maintain Muster Rolls of Workers
Section 82 .  Certain provisions of Chapter IX to apply to industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies
Chapter XI - Worker Re-Skilling Fund
Section 83 .  Worker re-skilling Fund
Chapter XII - Unfair Labour Practices
Section 84 .  Prohibition of Unfair Labour Practice
Chapter XIII - Offenses and Penalties
Section 85 .  Power of Officers of Appropriate Government to Impose Penalty in Certain Cases
Section 86 .  Penalties
Section 87 .  Cognizance of Offenses
Section 88 .  Offenses by Companies
Section 89 .  Composition of Offenses
Chapter XIV - Miscellaneous
Section 90 .  Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings
Section 91 .  Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings
Section 92 .  Power to Transfer Certain Proceedings
Section 93 .  protection of Persons
Section 94 .  Representation of Parties
Section 95 .  Removal of doubts in interpretation of award or settlement
Section 96 .  Power to Exempt
Section 97 .  Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
Section 98 .  Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 99 .  Power of appropriate Government to make rules
Section 100 .  Delegation of Powers
Section 101 .  power to Amend Schedules
Section 102 .  Amendment of Act 7 of 2017.
Section 103 .  Power to remove difficulties
Section 104 .  Repeal and Savings