Amendments in Labour Laws : Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 11 Oct, 2014 10:21 am

Industrial Disputes Act and the Factories Act.
1- Permission for layoff, retrenchment and closure would have to be taken only when an industrial unit employs 300 or more workers from the previous stipulation of 100 workers. Non-compliance with labour laws would entail fine instead of jail term.
2- For better layoff compensation for workers, a provision has been proposed to give three months’ notice and three months’ salary in establishments with less than 300 labourers. This provision would prompt employers to hire more than 100 workers on rolls.
3- Lifting ban on night shifts for women, the employer would have to follow norms and conditions for their safety.
4- The cabinet also approved amendments to ensure that micro industries be exempted from nine labour laws. Their inspection would be made only after an advance permission from the labour commissioner, adding the changes seek to maintain status quo in terms of salary, gratuity, bonus, ESI and provident fund for workers in these industries.
5- Presently, a labour becomes entitled to holidays in the next calendar year only after working for 240 days, but the said amendments reduced it to 180 days during the same year.