INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT

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Preliminary
Section 1 : Short title, and commencement

Section 2 : Definitions

Section 2-A : Dismissal, etc., of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute

Authorities under this Act
Section 3 : Works Committee

Section 4 : Conciliation officers

Section 5 : Boards of Conciliation

Section 6 : Courts of Inquiry

Section 7 : Labour Courts

Section 7-A : Tribunals

Section 7-B : National Tribunals

Section 7-C : Disqualifications for the presiding officers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals

Section 8 : Filling of vacancies

Section 9 : Finality of orders constituting Boards, etc

Notice of Change
Section 9-A : Notice of change

Section 9-B : Power of Government to exempt

Grievance Redressal Machinery
Section 9-C : Setting up of Grievance Settlement Authorities and reference of certain individual disputes to such

Reference of disputes to boards, courts or tribunals
Section 10 : Reference of disputes to Boards, Courts or Tribunals

Section 10-A : Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration

Procedure, Powers and Duties of Authorities
Section 11 : Procedure and powers of conciliation officer, Boards, Courts and Tribunals

Section 11-A : Powers of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals to give appropriate relief

Section 12 : Duties of conciliation officers

Section 13 : Duties of Board

Section 14 : Duties of Courts

Section 15 : Duties of Labour Courts, Tribunals and National Tribunals

Section 16 : Form of report or award

Section 17 : Publication of report and awards

Section 17-A : Commencement of the award

Section 17-B : Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts

Section 18 : Persons on whom settlements and awards are binding

Section 19 : Period of operation of settlements and awards

Section 20 : Commencement and Conclusion of proceedings

Section 21 : Certain matters to be kept confidential

Strikes and Lock-outs
Section 22 : Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs

Section 23 : General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs

Section 24 : Illegal strikes and lock-outs

Section 25 : Prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs

Lay-off and Retrenchment
Section 25-A : Application of Sections 25-C to 25-E

Section 25-B : Definition of continuous service

Section 25-C : Right or workmen laid off for compensation

Section 25-D : Duty of an employer to maintain muster-rolls of workmen

Section 25-E : Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases

Section 25-F : Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen

Section 25-FF : Compensation to workmen in case of transfer of undertakings

Section 25FFA : Sixty days notice to be given of intention to close down any undertaking

Section 25FFF : Compensation to workmen in case of closing down of undertaking

Section 25-G : Procedure for retrenchment

Section 25-H : Re-employment of retrenched workmen workmen

Section 25-I : Recovery of moneys due from employers under this Chapter

Section 25-J : Effect of laws inconsistent with this Chapter

Special Provisions Relating to lay-off,retrenchment and closure in certain establishments
Section 25-K : Application of Chapter V-B

Section 25-L : Definitions

Section 25-M : Prohibition of lay-off

Section 25-N : Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen

Section 25-O : Procedure for closing down an undertaking

Section 25-P : Special provision as to restarting of undertakings closed down before commencement of 1976 Amendment

Section 25-Q : Penalty for lay-off and retrenchment without previous permission

Section 25-R : Penalty for closure

Section 25-S : Certain provisions of Chapter V-A to apply to an industrial establishment to which this Chapter applies

Unfair Labour Practices
Section 25-T : Prohibition of unfair labour practice

Section 25-U : Penalty for committing unfair labour practices

Penalties
Section 26 : Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs

Section 27 : Penalty for instigation, etc.

Section 28 : Penalty for giving financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs

Section 29 : Penalty for breach of settlement or award

Section 30 : Penalty for disclosing confidential information

Section 30-A : Penalty for closure without notice

Section 31 : Penalty for other offences

Miscellaneous
Section 32 : Offence by companies, etc.

Section 33 : Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency or proceedings

Section 33-A : Special provision for adjudication as to whether conditions of service, etc., changed during pendency

Section 33-B : Power to transfer certain proceedings

Section 33-C : Recovery of money due from an employer

Section 34 : Cognizance of offices

Section 35 : Protection of persons

Section 36 : Representation of parties

Section 36-A : Power to remove difficulties

Section 36-B : Power to exempt

Section 37 : Protection of action taken under the Act.

Section 38 : Power to make rules

Section 39 : Delegation or powers

Section 40 : Power to amend Schedules