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The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/145591

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The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (2020) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Works Committee
Section4 - Grievance Redressal Committee
Section5 - Registrar of Trade Unions
Section6 - Criteria for registration
Section7 - Provisions to be contained in constitution or rules of Trade Union
Section8 - Application for registration, alteration of name and procedure thereof
Section9 - Registration of Trade Union and cancellation thereof
Section10 - Appeal against non-registration or cancellation of registration
Section11 - Communication to Trade Union and change in its registration particulars
Section12 - Incorporation of a registered Trade Union
Section13 - Certain Acts not to apply to registered Trade Unions
Section14 - Recognition of negotiating union or negotiating council
Section15 - Objects of general fund, composition of separate fund and membership fee of Trade Union
Section16 - Immunity from civil suit in certain cases
Section17 - Criminal conspiracy in furtherance of objects of Trade Union
Section18 - Enforceability of agreements
Section19 - Right to inspect books of Trade Union
Section20 - Rights of minor to membership of Trade Union
Section21 - Disqualification of office-bearers of Trade Unions
Section22 - Adjudication of disputes of Trade Unions
Section23 - Proportion of office-bearers to be connected with industry
Section24 - Change of name, amalgamation, notice of change and its effect
Section25 - Dissolution
Section26 - Annual returns
Section27 - Recognition of Trade Unions at Central and State level
Section28 - Application of this Chapter
Section29 - Making of model standing orders by Central Government and temporary application
Section30 - Preparation of draft standing orders by employer and procedure for certification
Section31 - Certifying officers and appellate authority to have powers of civil court
Section32 - Appeals
Section33 - Date of operation of standing orders and its availability
Section34 - Register of standing orders
Section35 - Duration and modification of standing orders
Section36 - Oral evidence in contradiction of standing orders not admissible
Section37 - Interpretation, etc., of standing orders
Section38 - Time limit for completing disciplinary proceedings and liability to pay subsistence allowance
Section39 - Power to exempt
Section40 - Notice of change
Section41 - Power of appropriate Government to exempt
Section42 - Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration
Section43 - Conciliation officers
Section44 - Industrial Tribunal
Section45 - Finality of constitution of Tribunal
Section46 - National Industrial Tribunal
Section47 - Decision of Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal
Section48 - Disqualifications for members of Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal
Section49 - Procedure and powers of arbitrator, conciliation officer, Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal
Section50 - Powers of Tribunal and National Industrial Tribunal to give appropriate relief in case of discharge or dismissal of worker
Section51 - Transfer of pending cases
Section52 - Adjustment of services of presiding officers under repealed Act
Section53 - Conciliation and adjudication of dispute
Section54 - Reference to and functions of National Industrial Tribunal
Section55 - Form of award, its communication and commencement
Section56 - Payment of full wages to worker pending proceedings in higher Courts
Section57 - Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding
Section58 - Period of operation of settlements and awards
Section59 - Recovery of money due from employer
Section60 - Commencement and conclusion of proceedings
Section61 - Certain matters to be kept confidential
Section62 - Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs
Section63 - Illegal strikes and lock-outs
Section64 - Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes or lock-outs
Section65 - Application of sections 67 to 69
Section66 - Definition of continuous service
Section67 - Rights of workers laid-off for compensation, etc
Section68 - Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workers
Section69 - Workers not entitled for compensation in certain cases
Section70 - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workers
Section71 - Procedure for retrenchment
Section72 - Re-employment of retrenched worker
Section73 - Compensation to workers in case of transfer of establishment
Section74 - Sixty days’ notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking
Section75 - Compensation to workers in case of closing down of undertakings
Section76 - Effect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter
Section77 - Application of this Chapter
Section78 - Prohibition of lay-off
Section79 - Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workers to which Chapter X applies
Section80 - Procedure for closing down an industrial establishment
Section81 - Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workers
Section82 - Certain provisions of Chapter IX to apply to industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies
Section83 - Worker re-skilling fund
Section84 - Prohibition of unfair labour practice
Section85 - Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases
Section86 - Penalties
Section87 - Cognizance of offences
Section88 - Offences by companies
Section89 - Composition of offences
Section90 - Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of proceedings
Section91 - Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency of proceedings
Section92 - Power to transfer certain proceedings
Section93 - Protection of persons
Section94 - Representation of parties
Section95 - Removal of doubts in interpretation of award or settlement
Section96 - Power to exempt
Section97 - Jurisdiction of civil courts barred
Section98 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section99 - Power of appropriate Government to make rules
Section100 - Delegation of powers
Section101 - Power to amend Schedules
Section102 - Amendment of Act 7 of 2017
Section103 - Power to remove difficulties
Section104 - Repeal and savings

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