The Ministry of Labour and Employment vide its notification dated 29th October 2020 has published the Draft Industrial Relations Code, 2020 to further amend the Industrial Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1949, Industrial Tribunal (Central Procedure) Rules, 1954, Industrial Disputes (Central) Rules, 1957, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules,1946.
Key Highlights from the code:
The draft rules for the Industrial Relations Code, has proposed changes in the conditions for workers to strike, alongside a rise in the threshold relating to layoffs and retrenchment in industrial establishments to 300 workers from 100 workers earlier without any government nod.
The definition of the strike has been expanded which shall include the casual leave of more than 50% workers from the industrial establishment.
The draft rules have also detailed conditions for functioning of the proposed re-skilling fund for retrenched workers. “Every employer who has retrenched a worker or workers under this Code, shall, within ten days, at the time of retrenching a worker or workers shall electronically transfer an amount equivalent to fifteen days of last drawn wages of such retrenched worker or workers in the account to be maintained by the Central Government.
Further, the code provides simplified steps and mechanism for dispute resolution.
Objections and suggestions, if any in the above code, may 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 email – sanjeev.dom@nic.in.
