Industrial Relations Code, 2020 consolidates and amends the laws relating to

trade unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

, conditions of employment in industrial establishment or undertaking, investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. The

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combines and simplifies 3 Central Labour Laws. Industrial Relations Code, 2020 introduced more conditions for workers to

strike Strike may refer to: People *Strike (surname) * Hobart Huson, author of several drug related books Physical confrontation or removal *Strike (attack), attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm * Airstrike, ...

, alongside an increase in the threshold relating to

layoffs A layoff or downsizing is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing an organization ...

and retrenchment in industrial establishments having 300 workers from 100 workers to provide more flexibility to employers for hiring and firing workers without government permission. The proposed legislation provides for a broader framework to protect the rights of workers to form unions, to minimise the friction between the employers and workers and to provide provisions for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. Industrial Relations Code amends the definition of "strike" to "mass casual leave". If over 50 per cent of a company's workers take concerted casual leave, it will be treated as a strike. However, workers cannot go on strike without a 14 days (not exceeding 60 days) notice. The

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passed the bill on 22 September 2020 and the

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passed it on 23 September 2020. It was assented by the President on 28 September 2020,Gazette of India notification
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Background

The bill was formulated according to the Report and Recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour. The Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2020 proposed for amalgamating, simplifying and rationalising the relevant provisions of three Acts. * Trade Unions Act, 1926 * Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 *

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 extended to the whole of India and regulated Indian labour law concerning trade unions as well as Individual workman employed in any industry within the territory of Indian mainland. Enacted on 11 March 1947 a ...

References

{{reflist Indian labour law Labour relations in India Acts of the Parliament of India 2020

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