The Ministry of Labour and Employment vide its notification dated 31st December 2020 has published the Draft Model Standing Orders for Service Sector, 2020 and has invited objections and suggestions on the code which shall be addressed to Shri Sanjeev Nanda, Under Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Room No 17, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 or by e-mail – sanjeev.dom@nic.in. within 30 days from the date of notification.
The code shall extend to all States and Union territories within India and shall be applicable to every industrial establishments employing three hundred or more number of workers who are working in the industrial establishments and which are covered under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.
Key Highlights from the Draft Code.
All workers belonging to any categories under the Code on Industrial Relations, 2020 (35 of 2020) shall be issued an identity badge or card bearing his full name, employee number, blood group, mobile number, if any, and a recent photograph.
The periods of hours of work for all categories of workers shall be exhibited on the notice board or Electronic Notice Board and on the Human Resource Portal/IT Application of the industrial establishment, if any, from time to time in Hindi, English and in local language majority of workers in the industrial establishment are conversant.
Notices specifying the days observed by the industrial establishment as holidays, and pay days shall be posted on the Electronic notice board or notice board and website or Human Resource portal of the industrial establishment, if any.
More than one shift may be worked in a department or departments or any section of a department of the industrial establishment at the discretion of the employer. If more than one shift is worked, the worker shall be liable to be transferred from one shift to another.
Subject to conditions of appointment or agreement between employer and workers, employer may allow a worker to work from home for such period or periods as may be determined by employer.
All payment including wages to the workers shall be paid by crediting in the bank account of worker on electronic mode or digital form.
