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INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT AND STANDING ORDERS ACT

1946

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Related Legislation: - The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Andhra Pradesh Rules , 1953 - The Assam Industrial Employment(Standing Orders) Rules, 1947 , 1947 - The Bihar Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Rules, 1947 , 1947 - Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules , 1946 - The Bombay Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules (GUJ) , 1959 - The Punjab Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1949 - The Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Himachal Pradesh Rules , 1973 - Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Jammu and Kashmir Rules , 1972 - Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1961 - The Kerala Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1958 - The Bombay Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Rules , 1959 - The Delhi Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1946 - Orissa Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Central Rules , 1946 - The Punjab Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1978 - The Rajasthan Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1963 - The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Telangana Rules , 1953 - The Tamil Nadu Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1947 - The Uttar Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1946 - The Bengal Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules , 1946

Definitions

Section Term Definition
2A Appellate authority An authority appointed by the appropriate Government by notification in the Official Gazette to exercise in such area as may be specified in the notification the functions of an appellate authority under this Act:

Provided that in relation to an appeal pending before an Industrial Court or other authority immediately before the commencement of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Amendment Act, 1963, that Court or authority shall be deemed to be the appellate authority;
2B Appropriate Government In respect of industrial establishments under the control of the Central Government of a Railway administration or in a major port, mine or oilfield, the Central Government, and in all other cases he State Government:

Provided that where any question arises as to whether any industrial establishment is under the control of the Central Government, that Government may, either on a reference made to it by the employer or the workman or a trade union or other representative body of the workmen, or on its own motion and after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, decide the question and such decision shall be final and binding on the parties;
2C Certifying Officer A Labour Commissioner or a Regional Labour Commissioner, and includes any other officer appointed by the appropriate Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform all or any of the functions of a Certifying Officer under this Act;
2D Employer The owner of an industrial establishment to which this Act for the time being applies, and includes-

(i) in a factory, any person named under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Factories Act, 1948, as manager of the factory;

(ii) in any industrial establishment under the control of any department of any Government in India, the authority appointed by such Government in this behalf, or where no authority is so appointed, the head of the department;

(iii) in any other industrial establishment, any person responsible to the owner for the supervision and control of the industrial establishment.
2E Industrial establishment (i) an industrial establishment as defined in clause (ii) of Section 2 of the payment of Wages Act, 1936, or

(ii) a factory as defined in clause (m) of Section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948, or

(iii) a railway as defined in clause (4) of Section 2 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890, or

(iv) the establishment of a person who, for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with the owner of any industrial establishment, employs workmen;
2F Prescribedr Prescribed by rules made by the appropriate Government under this Act;
2G Standing orders Rules relating to matters set out in the Schedule
2H Trade union A trade union for the time being registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926;
2I Wages and Workman The meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (rr) and (s) of Section 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947).