Gujarat                      

Amendments in Labour Laws

• Amendment in the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923,- 

1. 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:

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

• Amendment in The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;

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.

• Amendment in The Factories Act, 1948;-

1. Obligation of occupier to enroll under the Self Certification cum Consolidated Annual Return Scheme.

• Amendment in the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961;-

1. Provision for Compounding of offences added.

• Amendment in the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;-

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.
    

• Amendment in the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966,;-

1. Provision for Compounding of offences added.

• Amendment in the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970:

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.

• Amendment in the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972:

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.

• Amendment in the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976:-

1. Provision for Compounding of offences added

• Amendment inthe Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996,-

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). 

• Amendment in the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008,-

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.