Gujarat
Amendments in Labour Laws
- Amendment in the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923,-
- Amendment of section 22 - Filing of an application by authorized officer of state government in event of accident of an employee.
- Amendment in the Industrial Disputes Act 1947:
- In section 2A, in sub-section (3) regarding Dismissal of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute, the time-limit for filing the application before the Labour Court or Tribunal has been reduced from “three years” to “one year”.
- In case of termination, the compensation has been increased from “forty five days” to “sixty days” salary.
- In section 25V, the relaxation / special provisions for Special Economic Zone, has been expanded
- Penalties have been revised and provision for compounding of offences” has been added
- Amendment in The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
- In section 2, in clause (e), the outsourcing agency has been included.
- Payment of wages through cheque or depositing the same in any Bank has been facilitated.
- Obligation of occupier to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
- Amendment in The Factories Act, 1948;-
- Obligation of occupier to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
- Amendment in the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961;-
- Provision for Compounding of offences added.
- Amendment in the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;-
- Obligation of employer to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
- The incentives to the employer for compliance of labour laws and labour standards
- Exemption from the inspections to the employer who complies with the audit and assessment norms.
- Provision for Compounding of offences added.
- Amendment in the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970:
- Provision for Compounding of offences added
- Obligation of every principal employer or contractor to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
- Amendment in the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972:
- Provision for Compounding of offences added
- Obligation of every principal employer or contractorto enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
- Amendment in the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976:-
- Provision for Compounding of offences added
- Amendment inthe Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996,-
- Definition of "building worker" modified to exclude any such person who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages three times more than the monthly wages of the skilled labour or exercises (earlier it was exceeding one thousand six hundred rupees per mensem).
- Amendment in the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008,-
- In Schedule II regarding definition of “uroganised worker”, the entry at serial No. 2 - (The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947)has been deleted. Hence, “uroganised worker” does not include a worker who is not covered under The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.