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Amendments in Labour Laws

 
  1. Amendment of section 22 - Filing of an application by authorized officer of state government in event of accident of an employee.
 
 
  1. 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”.
  2. In case of termination, the compensation has been increased from “forty five days” to “sixty days” salary.
  3. In section 25V, the relaxation / special provisions for Special Economic Zone, has been expanded
  4. Penalties have been revised and provision for compounding of offences” has been added
 
 
  1. In section 2, in clause (e), the outsourcing agency has been included.
  2. Payment of wages through cheque or depositing the same in any Bank has been facilitated.
  3. Obligation of occupier to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
 
 
  1. Obligation of occupier to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
 
 
  1. Provision for Compounding of offences added.
 
 
  1. Obligation of employer to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
  2. The incentives to the employer for compliance of labour laws and labour standards
  3. Exemption from the inspections to the employer who complies with the audit and assessment norms.
     
 
  1. Provision for Compounding of offences added.
 
 
  1. Provision for Compounding of offences added
  2. Obligation of every principal employer or contractor to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
 
 
  1. Provision for Compounding of offences added
  2. Obligation of every principal employer or contractorto enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.
 
 
  1. Provision for Compounding of offences added
 
 
  1. 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)
 
  1. 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.