Industrial Relations Code, 2020

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

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Act ID:	2020-35
Act Number:	35
Enactment Date:	2020-09-28
Act Year:	2020
Short Title:	The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Long Title:	An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Trade Unions, conditions of employment in industrial establishment or undertaking, investigation and settlement of industrial disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Ministry:	Ministry of Labour and Employment

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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Works Committee.
Section 4. Grievance Redressal Committee.
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 its 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 Unions.
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.
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 officers 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.
Section 40. Notice of change.
Section 41. Power of appropriate Government to exempt.
Section 42. Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration.
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 Tribunal 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 worker.
Section 51. Transfer of pending cases.
Section 52. Adjustment of services of presiding officers under repealed Act.
Section 53. Conciliation and adjudication of dispute.
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 higher Courts.
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.
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.
Section 65. Application of sections 67 to 69.
Section 66. Definition of continuous service.
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 worker.
Section 73. Compensation to 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.
Section 77. Application of this Chapter.
Section 78. Prohibition of lay-off.
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.
Section 83. Worker re-skilling fund.
Section 84. Prohibition of unfair labour practice.
Section 85. Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases.
Section 86. Penalties.
Section 87. Cognizance of offences.
Section 88. Offences by companies.
Section 89. Composition of offences.
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.