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An Act To Require Employers in Industrial Establishments Formally To Define Conditions of Employment Under Them

This document summarizes the key aspects of the Standing Orders Act 1946 in India. The Act requires employers in industrial establishments with 100+ workers to formally define conditions of employment. It covers all types of workers earning up to Rs.1600 monthly. Employers must submit draft standing orders to certifying officers, address any objections, and display the final certified orders. The orders must cover important matters like work hours, leave, hiring/firing procedures, and means of addressing grievances. Non-compliance is punishable by fines.

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An Act To Require Employers in Industrial Establishments Formally To Define Conditions of Employment Under Them

This document summarizes the key aspects of the Standing Orders Act 1946 in India. The Act requires employers in industrial establishments with 100+ workers to formally define conditions of employment. It covers all types of workers earning up to Rs.1600 monthly. Employers must submit draft standing orders to certifying officers, address any objections, and display the final certified orders. The orders must cover important matters like work hours, leave, hiring/firing procedures, and means of addressing grievances. Non-compliance is punishable by fines.

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An Act to require employers in industrial

establishments formally to define


conditions of employment under them .
Applicability
This act applies to every worker employed in the
industrial establishment, engaged in any class of work
- manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational,
clerical or supervisory not exceeding Rs.1600/- pm
wage.
Coverage
The Act extends to whole of India & applies to
every industrial establishment wherein 100 or more
workers are employed or were employed on any
day of the preceding 12 months.
Appropriate Govt.

Central State

The act is a central legislation, however, its


enforcement is administered by Central and State
Govt. in their respective spheres.

Make rules and appoint certifying officers and


appellate authority , for carrying out the
provisions of the Act.
Definition

means the rules of conduct for workers employed in


industrial establishments, relating to matters
enumerated in the schedule appended to the Act,
such as classification of workmen, working hrs,
holidays, attendance, leave, termination of
employment, suspension or dismissal, misconduct
etc."
Purpose
" Ensure stable and uniform conditions of service in
place of chaotic, arbitrary & uncertain conditions. ”
Process
Employer to submit 5 copies of draft standing orders to
the Certifying Officer.
Certifying officer shall call the employer and workmen
or their Trade Union/s to hear their comments or
objections , if any.
Certifying officer to certify the standing orders after
making necessary changes in draft and ensuring that
standing orders are in conformity with the provisions
of the Act.

Certification of
Standing Orders
Obligations of Employers

1. Submission of draft Standing Orders for


Certification.
2. Not to modify Standing Orders, without approval
of Certifying Officer
3. Display of Standing Orders at place of prominence
in establishment where workmen are employed.
4. To Pay Subsistence Allowance to a workman
suspended, pending inquiry or investigation into
charges of misconduct against him.
5. To comply with the Standing Orders.
Important matters to be provided in Standing
Orders under this Act
1. Classification of workmen
2. Manner of intimating to workmen periods &
hrs. of work, holidays, paydays and wage
rates
3. Shift working
4. Attendance and late coming
5. Conditions /Procedures for grant of leave &
holidays .
6. Requirement to enter premises ,certain gates,
liability to search.
7. Closing / Reopening of sections , Temporary
stoppage of work and related rights &
liabilities of employers & workmen.
Important matters to be provided in Standing
Orders under this Act (contd..)

8. Termination of employment
9. Suspension or dismissal for
misconduct
10. Acts or omission which constitute
misconduct
11. Means of redressal for workmen
against unfair treatment or wrong
action by employer or his agents
or servants
12. Any other matter which may be
prescribed
Offences Penalties
1. a) Failure to submit the 1. a)Fine upto Rs.5000/-
draft standing orders. and in case of a
continuing the offence
b) Modifying the standing a further fine upto
orders without prior Rs.200/- per day.
approval of the b)Same as above
certifying officer.
2. Fine upto RS.100 and in
2. Contravention of the case of a continuing
certified standing orders offence, a further fine
of the establishment. upto Rs.25/- per day.

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