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IMPORTANT LABOUR AND FACTORY LEGISLATIONS IN
INDIA
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Acts and Rules
Blend of Acts and Rules Centered on the responsibility of a Factory Manager,
Personnel/ HR Manager or self employed Entrepreneur. Attention has not been made wherever the employer has
nothing to do with the provisions but has only to follow the directions of the appropriate govt.
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THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948
Act which makes it obligatory on the part of the employer to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the workers employed.
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Act extends to the whole of India.
Applies to every factory wherein 10 or more workers are or were employed, if run with power and 20 or more workers are or were employed, if run without power.
Application to factories with fewer workers u/s 85
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PROVIDES for Hours of work (adult) not to exceed 48 hours in a week or
9 hours in a day. Relaxation: Where an adult worker is engaged in
urgent repairs. Payment of Overtime wages for overstay at workplace @
twice the ordinary rate of wages. ** Provision relating to hours of work not applicable to
supervisory staff. Weekly Holiday: No work for more than 10 days without a
day of rest. Intervals of rest: half an hour for 5 hours of work No child (who has not attained the age of 15 years) be
permitted to work. Prohibition of employment of Women: No woman shall be
employed in any factory for more than 9 hours in any day or between 7 pm and 6 am.
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Factories Act now allows women to
work night shifts PROVIDED
adequate safeguards in the factory as regards occupational safety and health, equal opportunity for women workers, adequate protection of their dignity, honor and safety and their transportation from the factory premises to the nearest point of their residence" are made.
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Leave with Wages
@ 1day for every 20 days provided ----- 240 days of work during preceding
year. Days of lay off, paid holidays or leave days considered Encashment of unavailed leave: Encashable at the present rate of wages.
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The occupier (Employer) to maintain a register – LEAVE WITH WAGES REGISTER- in FORM 15
Provide each employee a Leave Book- thick bound sheet- in FORM 16 (with similar entries as in Form 15)
Provide each worker an Attendance Card in form 28 showing the particulars of employment
* shall be substituted by Electronic cards
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EMPLOYER TO KEEP THE FACTORY PREMISES CLEAN
• white washing at least once in every 14 months • repainting or revarnishing every 5 years • ensure proper disposal of wastes and effluents • Record the dates on which white washing, painting or
varnishing done in a register in FORM 7. • Ensure provision of sufficient number of Latrines and urinals –
separate for gents and ladies • Ensure spittoons are provided at adequate places. • Ensure workplace has adequate ventilation • Avoid overcrowding – ensure 500 cubic feet of space for every
worker without reference to any space which is more than 14 feet above the level of the floor of the room.
• Ensure proper lighting- artificial or natural or both. • Ensure supply of uninterrupted supply of Drinking Water. • Where the no. of workers is more than 250, provision for
cold water in every lunch room, rest room and canteen shall be ensured.
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EMPLOYER TO ENSURE SAFETY OF WORKERS
Fencing of Machines and Moving parts of machines – spindles, gears, pulleys, belts etc
Protection of eyes using screens or goggles from excessive light or infra-red or ultra violet radiations
Precaution in case of Fire. No woman or young person shall, unaided by
another person, lift, carry or move by hand or head any material or tool exceeding the maximum limit prescribed.
* Adult male 75 Kgs * Adult female 30 Kgs * Adolescent male 30 Kgs * Adolescent female 20 Kgs Safety Officer: Appoint a Safety Officer wherein 1000
or more workers are employed.
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EMPLOYER TO LOOK AFTER THE WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES
► Washing facility separately for women and men ► Separate rooms for men and women for drying of clothes ► Separate rest rooms for men and women ► First Aid boxes equipped with prescribed medicines ► Ambulance room where 500 or more are employed ► Canteen for use of workers where 250 or more are
employed (150 under Plantation Labour Act) ► Lunch room where 150 or more are employed ► Crèches where 30 or more women are employed ► Appoint WELFARE OFFICER (S) where 500 or more are
employed (300 under PLA) ► The duties, qualification and conditions of service of such
welfare officers shall be in accordance with the rules of the respective State Govt.
► NOTICE OF DANGEROUS OPERATIONS
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REGISTERS TO BE MAINTAINED Attendance Register/ Muster roll in form 25 Register of Adult Workers in form 12 Record of Lime washing, painting etc in form 7 Register of Compensatory Holidays in form 9 Overtime Muster roll for Exempted workers in
form 10 Register of Leave with Wages in form 15 Health Register in form 17 (in respect of persons
employed in occupations declared to be dangerous operations u/s 87)
Register of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences in form 26
Particulars of Rooms in the factory in form 35.
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RETURNS TO BE SENT TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES
Notice of accidents and dangerous occurrences resulting in death or bodily injury in form 18 (similar to the one to be sent ESI Local Office under the ESI Act)
Half yearly returns in form 22 Annual returns in form 21 Notice of change of Manager in form 23 Details of closure in form 32 Report of examination of Pressure Vessel or Plant in
form 8 Report of examination of Water sealed Gas holder in
form 38 Report of Examination of Hoist or Lift in form 41 Certificate of Fitness for Dangerous Operations in form
39
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THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT (STANDING ORDER) ACT, 1946
Defines the terms and conditions of service between the employer and his employees.
Applies to every industrial establishment wherein 100 (in some States 50)or more workers are employed
The Act extends to the whole of India
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SIGNIFICANCE
Terms of appointment order issued to an employee cannot circumvent the provisions of certified standing order. Therefore, it is always desirable to get standing orders drafted and certified as it regulates the relationship between the employer and the employee.
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Standing Order drafted shall provide for
Date on which the standing orders shall come in to force and shall remain in force
Definitions
Classification of workmen as Permanent, Probationer, Badlis, Casual and Trainees
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contd Obligations – not to carryon any other business for gain or
to take admission in educational institution without permission
to observe strict secrecy of company matters not to take photographs, drawing or
documents of the process of manufacture of the company
not to carry any lethal weapon, explosive or article dangerous to life or property
to follow safety rules in force to inform any change in the address etc
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contd Medical examination and aid in case of accident Identification of workmen and issue of Identity cards Working time for different categories of workmen Record of age, qualification and experience Entry, exit and liability for security checking Shift working and weekly off Attendance and late coming Methods of applying for different kinds of leave and extension of leave Action for unauthorised absence
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contd National and festival holidays Transfer Apprehension of danger to the safety
and security of factory and its personnels
Date of payment of wages/ salary Overtime wages Increment and promotion Stoppage, closing or lay off of
establishment and strike Resignation – notice or payment in lieu
of notice to be given Termination of employment and notice
or payment in lieu of notice required to be served or made
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contd Deduction from wages for fine imposed or
absence from duty or loss caused to the property and recovery of employees contribution to schemes like EPF, ESI and Labour Welfare fund
Age of superannuation Grievance procedure Disciplinary action for misconduct Punishment for misconduct and procedure for
imposition of punishment
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contd
Service of notice Issue of service certificate Amendment of Standing order Exhibition of Notices – as whether if put
in the Notice Board or not
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THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961
The Act extends to the whole of India except Jammu & Kashmir
Applies to every factory, shop or establishment
Woman entitled to maternity benefit not withstanding the application of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
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Employer to ensure…… • No woman works during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery or her miscarriage
• No woman does any arduous work during the period of ten weeks from the expected date of delivery
• Not to discharge or dismiss a woman during her pregnancy
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Eligibility
Work of 160 days in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of delivery.
Leave days & lay offs taken as worked.
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Benefit
12 weeks leave of which not more than 6 weeks shall precede the date of her expected delivery
The benefit to be paid @ average rate of wages for the three months preceding her maternity leave
In case of miscarriage, 6 weeks leave with pay at the same rate as applicable to maternity benefit.
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THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
AN ACT TO PREVENT “SWEATED LABOUR AND EXPLOITATION OF LABOUR”
The Act extends to the whole of India
Requires the Central and State Govt. to fix minimum rates of wages in certain scheduled employment.
Minimum wages fixed REVISED from time to time
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Responsibility of the Employer
to follow the directions and fix wages of the workers at the rate not less than the one fixed
to maintain Register of Wages in form XI showing
rate of wages payable,
actual amount paid,
attendance & overtime,
deductions for EPF, ESI and other,
net amount paid,
date of payment and
signature of respective employee.
Wages slip in form XIII showing the above details to be given to every employee.
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THE WORKING JOURNALISTS (FIXATION OF RATES OF WAGES) ACT, 1958
Provides for the fixation of wages in respect of Working Journalists and for matters connected therewith
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PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936
An Act to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of persons
Extends to the whole of India
Responsibility of payment wages rests with the employer
Employer to fix Wage Period
No wage period shall exceed one month.
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Time of Payment of wages
7th day of wage month where less than 1000 are working
10th day where more than 1000 are working
No payment in KIND
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Permissible deduction from Wages • fines • for absence from duty • for damage caused to the property of the
employer • for the amenities provided, like house
accommodation • for recovery of advance or adjusting over
payment of wages • towards EPF, ESI, Labour Welfare Fund and
similar deductions permitted under any Act or the Standing Orders of the establishment
• for Life Insurance/ general insurance policies and Housing loan.
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The Kerala Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1972
Act to provide for the payment of subsistence allowance to the employees during the period of suspension
Extends to the whole of Kerala
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Suspension
Any interim decision of an employer debarring an employee temporarily from attending his office
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Payment of Subsistence
Allowance
50% of wages for the first ninety days of suspension
75% of wages for the period beyond ninety days
Full wages for the period beyond one hundred and eighty days
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Not eligible for Subsistence Allowance
An employee placed under suspension not entitled for subsistence allowance if he accepts employment during the period of suspension
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THE PAYMENT OF BONUS ACT, 1965
An Act to provide for the payment of Bonus to persons in certain establishments on the basis of profits, production or productivity.
Extends to the whole of India.
Applies to every establishment wherein 20 or more are employed
The Appropriate Govt. shall apply the Act to any other establishment, including a factory to which the Factories Act, 1948 applies, wherein less than 20 workers are employed provided the number of persons employed is not less than 10.
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Eligibility to Bonus
employee whose salary/ wages does not exceed Rs 10000 per month
who has worked in the establishment for not less than 30 days
Not disqualified to claim bonus due to fraud, theft or any other misconduct
Bonus of very person drawing salary between Rs 3500/- and Rs 10000/- per month shall be calculated as if his salary were Rs 3500 pm
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For calculating the
number of working days
the days for which the worker has been laid off
the days he has been on leave with pay the days he has been absent due to
temporary disablement caused by an employment injury
the days a woman employee has been on maternity leave shall be taken in to account.
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Rate of Bonus
Minimum :8.33% of salary/wages Maximum 20% of salary/wages Computation of bonus as per Schedule I to IV
of the Act. Adjust any interim bonus paid while making
payment of the final bonus.
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Disputes on Bonus
The Bonus Act does not provide for
any machinery to resolve disputes
relating to bonus. For this, the
Industrial Dispute Act shall be
referred to.
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THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972
The Kerala Industrial Employees Payment of Gratuity Act, 1970, followed by the West Bengal Employees Payment of Compulsory Gratuity Act, 1971 and the intention of the other States to have similar Acts in their respective states necessitated the Central Act so as to avoid different treatment to employees of establishments having branches in more than one states who are subject to transfer from one state to another.
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The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 extends to the whole of India.
Applies to every factory, mine, plantation and other establishment wherein 10 or more workers are employed.
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Gratuity is in the nature of a
retirement benefit payable to an
employee for a long and meritorious
service. • It is not paid to an employee gratuitously or
merely as a matter of boon. It is paid for the
service rendered by him to the employer (Delhi
Cloth and General Mills Co; Ltd Vs The
Workmen)
• Then why it should necessarily be denied to
him when an employee is dismissed for
misconduct at a latter stage of service ???
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Gratuity is payable to an employee on termination of his employment after he has rendered continuous service for not less than five years
on his superannuation on his resignation on his death or disablement due to employment
injury or disease
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News paper employees
• The Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, provides for payment of gratuity.
• As such, three years of continuous service is required for eligibility for Gratuity.
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The payment of gratuity shall be forfeited
to the extent of the damage or loss caused by the employee to the property of the employer
where the service of the employee is terminated due to misconduct
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Rate of gratuity
15 days wages for every completed year of service
Rates applicable to Working Journalists depends upon the service of the employee as provided in the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
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The average pay of the monthly rated
employee shall be taken by
dividing the monthly salary/ wages by
26 and not by 30
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Piece rate workers and
Seasonal establishments
For piece rated workers, average of the three months wages immediately preceding the day of leaving shall be taken as average rate of wage
An employee in a seasonal establishment shall be paid @ seven days wages for each season
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Salary ceiling
The Amendment Act of 1994 removed the salary ceiling of an employee, but the maximum gratuity payable shall be Rs 3.5 lakh.
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• An employee is in service in a calendar year provided he has worked for – 190 days in case employee is employed
below the ground and – 240 days in any other case.
In order to be eligible for gratuity, employee should have at least five
continuous years of service with the employer
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Continuous service (contd.)
The days he/she has been laid off under an agreement or under the ID Act or as
permitted by the Standing Orders on leave with pay absent due to temporary disablement due to
employment injury on maternity leave shall be taken as worked for the
calculation of 190/240 days.
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For seasonal employment 75% attendance during a season shall
constitute service in a year
►An employee who has worked for 4 years 11 months and 10 days not eligible for gratuity as decided in P. Raghavalu and Sons Vs Additional Labour Court, Andhra Pradesh, as the qualifying phrases ‘part thereof in excess of six months’ shall be taken only for calculation of gratuity and not for determining the eligibility of gratuity.
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THE INTERSTATE MIGRANT WORKMEN (REGULATION OF
EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT
1979
Act to regulate the employment of interstate migrant workers and to provide for their conditions of service.
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Extends to the whole of India.
Applies to every establishment wherein five or more interstate migrant workmen (whether or not in addition to other workmen) are employed and every contractor who employs (whether or not in addition to other workmen) 5 or more interstate migrant worker.
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Interstate migrant worker
• An interstate migrant worker means
any person who is recruited by or
through a contractor in the state under
an agreement or arrangement for
employment in an establishment in
another state, whether with or without
the knowledge of the principal
employer.
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Provides for
Registration of establishments employing interstate migrant workmen, licensing of contractors, appointment of licensing officers, prohibition of employment of migrant workmen without registration and duties and obligations of contractors provided under the Act.
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Employer to ensure Regular payment, equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex, suitable conditions of work, medical facilities, protective clothing etc shall be ensured to such workmen. The contractor to maintain register of migrant employees, send report of accidents, half yearly returns (From 23) and annual returns (Form 24) Employer contravening the provisions liable for punishment of imprisonment or fine or both
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THE EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976
Act provides for the payment of equal
remuneration to men and women
Extends to the whole of India
Act makes it obligatory on the part of
employer to pay equal remuneration to men
and women workers for same work or work
of a similar nature.
In order to make the wages equal,
prevailing wages shall not be reduced but
the higher rate shall be maintained.
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No discrimination
No discrimination while making
recruitment for the same work or
work of a similar nature, except
where the employment of women
in such work is prohibited or
restricted by or under any law for
the time being in force.
No discrimination in any condition
of service subsequent to
recruitment such as promotions,
training or transfer.
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THE APPRENTICES ACT, 1961
The Act extends to the whole of India.
Applies to those apprentices who are undergoing apprenticeship training in designated trades.
From time to time, the Central Govt. has specified the designated trades.
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Contract of apprenticeship
A contract of apprenticeship training is entered in to between the employer and the apprentice or, if he is a minor, guardian of the apprentice.
The contract of apprenticeship training is to be sent to the Apprenticeship Adviser of the respective area.
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Termination of training • on the expiry of the period of apprenticeship
training specified in the contract. • Premature termination by employer - the employer shall pay to the apprentice such
compensation as may be prescribed • Premature termination by the apprentice apprentice or his guardian shall refund to the
employer as cost of training such amount as may be determined by the Apprenticeship Adviser
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NUMBER OF APPRENTICES
Depends on the ratio of trade apprentices to workers other than unskilled workers and the facilities available and that may be made available by the employer for training the apprentices.
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Duties of the employer
Make suitable arrangements for imparting practical training
Provide for basic training.
Where an employer employs 500 or more workers, the basic training shall be imparted in separate part of the workshop building or in a separate building set up by the employer.
* the employer may get easy loan from the Govt. for construction of building for conducting training classes
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ITIs if the number of apprentices to be trained is less
than twelve, then the employer may depute such apprentices to any Basic Training Center or Industrial Training Institute run by the Government for basic training in any designated trade.
Where an employer deputes any apprentice as above, such employer shall pay to the Government the expenses incurred by the Government on such training, at such rate as may be specified by the Central Government.
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RI Centre
Apprentice to be given Related Instruction course.
Time spent by a trade apprentice in
attending classes on RIC shall be treated
as part of his paid period of work.
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EMPLOYERS to ensure
Placement of Training Officer with suitable qualification
Payment of stipend at a rate not less than the prescribed minimum rate
Not to pay on the basis of piece work
Not to require to take part in any output bonus or other incentive scheme
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Employer to ensure (contd.)
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF APPRENTICES Not to require or allow overtime except with the approval of the Apprenticeship Adviser. In case of employment injury pay compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
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disputes
• Any disagreement or dispute between an employer and an apprentice arising out of the
contract of apprenticeship shall be referred to the Apprenticeship
Adviser for decision.
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Obligation for employment
It shall not be obligatory on the part of the employer to offer any
employment to any apprentice who has completed the period of his
apprenticeship training in his establishment,
nor shall it be obligatory on the part of the apprentice to accept an
employment under the employer.
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THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923
The Act provides for payment of compensation to the worker injured during the course of employment or contracted by any occupational disease peculiar to that employment
Act extends to the whole of India.
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The amount of compensation • for accidents resulting in death, an amount
equal to fifty per cent of the monthly wages of the deceased workman multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of eighty thousand rupees, whichever is more
• * for permanent total disablement, an amount equal to sixty per cent of the monthly wages of the injured workman multiplied by the relevant factor, or an amount of ninety thousand rupees, whichever is more.
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The maximum compensation as per
W.C. Amendment Act 2000
Fatal Injury - Rs.4,57,080 Permanent Total Disablement -
Rs.5,48,496 Permanent Partial Disablement -
According to incapacity caused Temporary Disablement - Rs. 2000 per
month upto a period of 5 years
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ESI Corporation and Workmen
compensation
The liability of payment of compensation shifted from the employer to the Employees State Insurance Corporation
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EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948
Act extends to the whole of India, However
The ESI Scheme is being implemented area-wise by stages.
The Scheme has already been implemented in different areas in all States/Union Territories except Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram and UTs of Delhi, Chandigarh and Pondicherry
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ESI Act * Applies to factories and
establishments functioning in the notified area and consisting of 10 or more employees.
* Provides for health care and cash benefits in cases of sickness, maternity and employment injury.
* The Act absolved the employers of their obligations under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Workmen’s Compensation Act 1923.
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Employees covered
All employees drawing salary of Rs
10,000 or less are covered
(w.e.f 1-10-2006)
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Contribution
Employees’ contribution . 1.75% of wages Employers’ contribution. 4.75 % of wages Employees receiving a daily average wage upto
Rs.70/-(w.e.f 1-8-07) are exempted from payment of contribution. Employers will however contribute their own share in respect of these employees.
pay contribution within 21 days.
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Contribution Period and Benefit Period
There are two contribution periods each of six months duration and two corresponding benefit periods also of six months duration as under
Contribution period Corresponding
Benefit period
1st April to 30th Sept. 1st January of the following year
to 30th June
1st Oct. to 31st March 1st July to 31st December of
the year following
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ESI Benefits
Medical Benefits Available both to IP and family. Also available to
disabled/retired IP Super specialist treatment Sickness Benefit
Maternity Benefit Disablement Benefit Dependant benefit Funeral Expenses Old age medi care Rehabilitation
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Employer to maintain and file the following books and returns.
• 1. Form 7 (Register of Employees showing the details of Gross wages, ESI contribution deducted, Contribution by the Employer and total for the contribution period (six months)
• 2. Accident book in form 15 • 3. ESI Declaration in form 1, • 4. Return of declaration in form 3 • 5. Return of Contribution in form 6 for the
contribution period (with similar entries as in register of employees Form 7)
• 6. Accident report in form 16. (similar to Form 18 to be furnished to the Inspector of Factories and Boilers)
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EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND AND MISC. PROVISIONS ACT,
1952
An Act to provide for the institution of provident funds, pension funds and deposit linked insurance fund for the employees in the factories and other establishments
Extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
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Applicability Applies to all factories and
establishments in which 20 or more are employed
Continuity of application Exemption – Where employees get benefits
in the nature of provident fund or old age pension fund from the establishment which are not less favourable than the benefits under the Act.
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Schemes under the Act
Three beneficial schemes- 1.Employees Provident Fund Scheme
1952
2.Employees Pension Scheme 1995 3.Employees Deposit Linked Insurance
1976
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membership
An employee at the time of joining the employment and getting wages up to Rs.6500/- is required to become a member.
an employee is eligible for membership of fund from the very first date of joining a covered establishment.
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Contribution to EPF
Employees’ share : 12% of the Basic + DA Employer’s contribution : 12% to be
deposited as : 8.33% to be deposited in Pension Fund
A/C No 10 and the balance, ie, 3.67% to be deposited in
Provident Fund A/C No 01 along with Employees’ share of 12%
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Contribution (contd.)
Administration charges -
@ 1.1% of the total wages/salary disbursed by deposit to A/C No 02,
Employees Deposit Linked Insurance @ 0.5% of the total wages/salary by deposit to A/C No. 21 and
Administration of EDLI @ 0.01% of the wages/ salary by deposit to A/C. No. 22.
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Duties of employer Employer to furnish information about:
(a) Ownership and names of responsible persons of the establishment. (b) Declaration and nomination. (c) Joining and leaving of service by the members in form 5 and form 10 respectively
(d) Form 12A with monthly challans of deposit. (e) Form 9 for details of employees. (f) Form 3A/6A at the end of the financial year. (g) Any other information as may be required under Para 76 of the scheme
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Benefits to employees
Provident Fund Benefits Pension Benefits Death Benefits
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Provident Fund Benefits – Employer also contributes to Members’ PF @
3.67% (1.67% in case of sick industry - eg: beedi) – EPFO guarantees the Employer contribution and
Govt. gives a decent interest to PF accumulations – Member can withdraw from this accumulations to
cater financial exigencies in life - No need to refund unless misused
• On resignation, the member can settle the account. i.e., the member gets his PF contribution, Employer Contribution and Interest
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Pension Benefits
– Pension to Member
– Pension to Family (on death of member)
– Scheme Certificate
• This Certificate shows the service & family details of a
member
• This is issued if the member has not attained the age
of 58 while leaving an establishment and he applies for
this certificate
• Member can surrender this certificate while joining
another establishment and the service stated in the
certificate is added with the service he is gaining from
the new establishment.
• After attaining the age of 50 or above, the member can
apply for Pension by surrendering this scheme
certificate (if total service is at least 10 years)
• This is a better choice than Withdrawal Benefit, that if
a member dies holding a valid scheme certificate, his
family will get pension (Death when NOT in service)
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Pension benefit (contd.) – Withdrawal Benefit
• if not eligible for pension, member may withdraw the amount accumulated in his pension account
• the calculation of this amount is based only on (i) Last average salary and (ii) Service (Not based on actual amount available in Pension Fund Account)
– No amount is taken from Member to give Pension to the Member. Employer and Govt. contribute to Pension fund @8.33% and @1.16% respectively
– EPFO guarantees pension to members, even if the Employer has not contributed to Pension Fund.
• Pension calculation is similar to that of Govt. Employee
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Death Benefits
• Provident Fund Amount to Family (or to Nominee)
• Pension to Family (or to Parent / Nominee)
• Capital Return of Pension
• Insurance (EDLI) amount to Family (or to Nominee) No amount is taken from Member for
this facility. Employer contributes for this.
• Nominee is basically determined as per the information submitted by the member at this office through FORM-2
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THE PLANTATION LABOUR ACT 1951
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE LABOUR, AND TO REGULATE THE CONDITIONS OF WORK, IN PLANTATIONS
It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
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Applicability
Applies to any land used or intended to be used for growing tea, coffee, rubber, cinchona or cardamom or any other plant which measures 5 hectares or more and in which 15 or more workers are employed on any day of the preceding 12 months.
The State Government by notification can apply this law to any other land even if it measures less than 5 hectares and employs less than 15 workers.
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Duties of the Employer • Provision of: • Drinking Water • Separate Toilets for Men and Women • Medical facilities to the workmen and their family • Canteen where 150 or more workers are employed • Crèches where 50 or more women workers are
employed or where the number of children of women workers is 20 or more
• Recreational facilities • Educational Facilities where children between the
ages of six and twelve of workers employed in any plantation exceed twenty five.
• Housing facility • Welfare Officer where three hundred or more workers
are employed.
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Hours of work and Limitations of employment
Hours of work – 48 hours per week which can be extended to 54 hours with double the rate as overtime wages
Weekly holiday Daily intervals of rest Prohibition of employing women workers
between 7 pm and 6 am Annual Leave (with wages) @ 1 per 20 days work Sickness and maternity benefits Employer to furnish Notice of Accident Employer to maintain a register of Accidents
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THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947
An Act to make provision for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes, and for certain other purposes.
It extends to the whole of India
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Industrial dispute
Any dispute or difference between employers and employers, or between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour, of any person.
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AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS ACT
Works Committee
Conciliation officers
Boards of Conciliation
Courts of Inquiry
Labour Courts
Tribunals
National Tribunals
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Works Committee
Where?: Establishments with 100 or more workers Members: Equal number of representatives of the Employer and Employees Objective: promotion of good relationship between employer and employee(s)
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Conciliation officers • Appointed by the appropriate
Government • Duty: Settlement of industrial
disputes. • Nature : Appointed for a specified
area or for specified industries in a specified area or for one or more specified industries and either permanently or for a limited period.
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Boards of Conciliation • Appointed by the appropriate
Government as occasion arises for settlement of disputes.
• Board shall consist of an independent Chairman and two or four other members in equal numbers to represent the parties to the dispute
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Courts of Inquiry
Constituted by the appropriate Government as occasion arises for inquiring into any matter appearing to be connected with or relevant to an industrial dispute
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Labour Courts
• Labour Courts are constituted by the appropriate Govt. for the adjudication of industrial disputes relating to any matter specified in the Second Schedule and for performing such other functions as may be assigned to them under this Act.
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Tribunals
Tribunals are constituted by the appropriate Govt. for the adjudication of industrial disputes relating to any matter specified in the Second Schedule or the Third Schedule and for performing such other functions as may be assigned to them under this Act.
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National Tribunals
National Tribunals are constituted by the Central Government for the adjudication of industrial disputes which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involve questions of national importance or are of such a nature that industrial establishments situated in more than one State are likely to be interested in, or affected by such disputes.
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Matters within the Jurisdiction of Labour Courts (the II Schedule)
1.The propriety or legality of an order passed by an employer under the standing orders;
2.The application and interpretation of standing order;
3.Discharge or dismissal of workmen including re-instatement of, or grant of relief to, workmen wrongfully dismissed;
4.Withdrawal of any customary concession or privilege;
5.Illegality or otherwise of a strike or lock-out; and
6.All matters other than those specified in the Third Schedule.
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Matters within the Jurisdiction of Industrial Tribunals (the III schedule)
1.Wages, including the period and mode of payment; 2.Compensatory and other allowances; 3.Hours of work and rest intervals; 4.Leave with wages and holidays; 5.Bonus, profit sharing, provident fund and gratuity; 6.Shift working otherwise than in accordance with standing orders;
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III schedule (contd.)
7.Classification by grades; 8.Rules of discipline; 9.Rationalisation; 10.Retrenchment of workmen and
closure of establishment; and 11.Any other matter that may be
prescribed.
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Prohibition of strikes and lock outs
• Not to strike without giving six weeks notice of strike and during the pendency of any conciliation proceedings
• Not to declare lock-out without giving to the employees six weeks notice of lock out and during the pendency of any conciliation proceedings
• A strike or lock-out shall be illegal if it is commenced or declared in contravention of the above.
• Not to support of any illegal strike or lock-out
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LAY-OFF AND RETRENCHMENT
►No workman (other than a badli workman or a casual workman) whose name is borne on the muster-rolls of an industrial establishment wherein 50 or more workers are employed shall be laid-off by his employer except with the prior permission of the appropriate Government.
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Lay off compensation
a workman (other than a badli workman or a casual workman) who has completed one year of continuous service under an employer shall be paid Lay off compensation
Lay off compensation shall be equal to fifty per cent of the wages (Basic + DA)
Lay off compensation need not be paid for the weekly holidays which may intervene
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Continuous Service An employee is in continuous service in a calendar
year provided he has worked for 190 days in case employee is employed
below the ground and 240 days in any other case.
The days he/she has been laid off under an agreement or under the ID Act or
as permitted by the Standing Orders on leave with pay absent due to temporary disablement due to
employment injury on maternity leave shall be taken as worked for the calculation of 190/240 days.
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Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases
When a worker refuses to accept alternative employment in the same establishment or another establishment owned by the employer and situated in the same village or town or within 5 a radius of miles of the establishment. When a worker does not present himself for work at the establishment at the appointed time during normal working hours at least once a day When such laying-off is due to a strike or slowing-down of production on the part of workmen in another part of the establishment
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Retrenchment of workmen
No workman who has been in continuous service for not less than one year shall be retrenched without giving one month’s notice (three months notice wherein not less than 50 workers are employed) in writing indicating the reasons for retrenchment or
if no notice is given, wages in lieu of such notice.
Retrenchment of workmen employed in an establishment wherein not less than 50 workers are employed requires permission from the appropriate Govt.
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Retrenchment Compensation
• Fifteen days average pay for every year (or part thereof in excess of six months) of his service
• THIS IS APART FROM THE GRATUITY PAYABLE UNDER THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT
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Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings
every workman shall be entitled to notice and compensation as if the workman had been retrenched.
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No compensation on transfer
provided
1 . the service of the workman has not been interrupted by such transfer;
2 . the terms and conditions of service applicable to the workman after such transfer are not in any way less favourable to the workman
3 . the new employer takes in to account the continuous service of the workman.
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Notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking
An employer who intends to close down an undertaking shall give at least sixty days notice (Ninety days wherein not less than 50 workers are employed) to the appropriate government stating clearly the reasons for the intended closure of the undertaking:
This section shall not apply to- (a) an undertaking in which less than fifty
workmen are or were employed, or (b) an undertaking set up for the
construction of buildings, bridges, roads, canals, dams or for other construction work or project.
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Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertakings
Compensation be paid as if workmen are retrenched
However no compensation is payable if the establishment is closed down on account of unavoidable circumstances beyond the control of the employer
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These shall not constitute
circumstances beyond the control…
• financial difficulties (including financial
losses); or
• accumulation of undisputed off stocks; or
• the expiry of the period of the lease or
license granted to it; or
• in case where the undertaking is engaged in
mining operations, exhaustion of the
minerals in the area in which operations are
carried on
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Procedure for retrenchment and re employment
Retrench the last worker to be appointed under a particular category first
For re-employment, retrenched worker shall have preference over other persons
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RECOVERY OF MONEY DUE FROM AN EMPLOYER (section
33 C of ID Act)
►Any sum due from the employer under a settlement or an award is recoverable in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue
►Application by the employee to be received within ONE year.
►Any sum capable of being computed in terms of money shall be recovered from the employer with the intervention of Labour Court.
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UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES On the part of employers
threatening workmen with discharge or dismissal, if they join a trade union threatening a lock-out or closure, if a trade union is organised granting wage increase to workmen at crucial periods of trade union organisation, with a view to undermining the efforts of the trade union at organisation an employer taking an active interest in organising a trade, union of his workmen
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Unfair-employer (contd.)
► To establish employer-sponsored trade unions of workmen
► discharging or punishing a workman, because he urged other workmen to join or organise a trade union
► discharging or dismissing a workman for taking part in any strike (not being a strike which it deemed to be an illegal strike under this Act)
► changing seniority rating of workmen because of trade union activities
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Unfair-employer (contd.)
refusing to promote workmen to higher posts on account of their trade union activities
giving unmerited promotions to certain workmen with a view to creating friction amongst other workmen, or to undermine the strength of their trade union
discharging office bearers or active members of the trade union on account of their trade union activities
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Unfair-employer (contd.) To discharge or dismiss workmen – by way of victimisation; by falsely implicating a workman in a criminal case on false or fabricated evidence; on untrue allegations of absence without leave; in utter disregard of the principles of natural justice in the conduct of domestic enquiry or with undue haste; for misconduct of a minor or technical character, without having any regard to the nature of the particular misconduct or the past record of service of the workman.
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Unfair-employer (contd.) • To abolish the work of a regular nature being
done by workmen, and to give such work to contractors as a measure of breaking a strike.
• To transfer a workman mala fide from one place to another, under the excuse of following management policy.
• To insist upon individual workmen, who are on a legal strike to sign a good conduct bond, as a precondition to allowing them to resume work.
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Unfair-employer (contd.)
► To show favoritism or partiality to one set of workers regardless of merit.
► To employ workmen as "badlis" casuals or temporaries and to continue them as such for years, with the object of depriving them of the status and privileges of permanent workmen.
► To discharge or discriminate against any workman for filing charges or testifying against an employer in any enquiry or proceeding relating to any industrial dispute.
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Unfair-employer (contd.)
To recruit workmen during a strike which is not an illegal strike.
Failure to implement award, settlement or agreement.
To indulge in acts of force or violence. To refuse to bargain collectively, in good
faith with the recognised trade unions. Proposing or continuing a lock-out deemed
to be illegal under this Act
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UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES On the part of workmen
advise, support or instigate any strike deemed to be illegal under this Act.
coerce workmen to join a trade union or refrain from joining any trade union,
picket in such a manner that non-striking workmen are physically debarred from entering the work places
indulge in acts of force or violence or intimidation in connection with a strike against non-striking workmen or against managerial staff
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Unfair- employee (contd.)
For a recognised union to refuse to bargain collectively in good faith with the employer.
To indulge in coercive activities against certification of bargaining representative.
To stage, encourage or instigate such forms of coercive actions as willful "go slow", squat on the work premises or "gherao" of any of the members of the managerial or other staff.
To stage demonstrations at the residences of the employers or the managerial staff members.
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Unfair- employee (contd.)
To motivate or indulge in willful damage to employer's property.
To indulge in acts of force or violence or to hold out threats of intimidation against any workman with a view to preventing him from attending work.
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The Trade Unions Act, 1926
An act to provide for the registration of Trade Unions and in certain respects to define the law relating to registered Trade Unions.
It extends to the Whole of India
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Registration
The minimum number of workers to form a registered Trade Union is 10% or 100 whichever is less, subject to a minimum of 7 workers.
Ensure that the number of members does not fall down the above requirement.
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Sale Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 An Act to regulate certain conditions of
service of sales promotion employees in certain establishments, in the first instance, engaged in pharmaceutical industry
It extends to the whole of India
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APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ACTS
Provides for APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ACTS, such as Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 TO SALES PROMOTION EMPLOYEES
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