Obligation : To make an application to the certifying officer for any proposed change in the standing orders
Type:Trigger
Frequency: Quarterly
Action to be taken:
If a the Standing Orders is proposed to be modified, make an application to the Certifying Officer accompanied by 5 copies of the modifications proposed to be made. If the modification is a result of an agreement with the workmen or a trade union, attach a certified copy of that agreement. Standing Orders cannot be modified for 6 months after certification or the last modification except on agreement between the employer and the workmen.
Audit Requirement: Have all changes in the Standing Orders been certified ?
Related Sections:
Industrial Employment and Standing Orders Act, 1946 10:Duration and modification of standing orders:
(1) Standing orders finally certified under this Act shall not, except on agreement between the employer and the workmen or a trade union or other representative body of the workmen be liable to modification until the expiry of six months from the date on which the standing orders or the last modifications thereof came into operation.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), an employer or workman or a trade union or other representative body of the workmen may apply to the Certifying Officer to have the standing orders modified, and such application shall be accompanied by five copies of [* * *] the modifications proposed to be made, and where such modifications are proposed to be made by agreement between the employer and the workmen or a trade union or other representative body of the workmen, a certified copy of that agreement shall be filed along with the application.
(3) The foregoing provisions of this Act shall apply in respect of an application under sub-section (2) as they apply to the certification of the first standing orders.
(4) Nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall apply to an industrial establishment in respect of which the appropriate Government is the Government of the State of Gujarat or the Government of the State of Maharashtra.
Industrial Employment and Standing Orders Act, 1946 
