THE MADHYA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1960
The Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960
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This law regulates industrial relations and dispute resolution between employers and employees across specified industries in Madhya Pradesh. It applies to most workers performing skilled, manual, technical, supervisory, or clerical duties, while excluding managerial personnel, police, and military services. The statute establishes mechanisms such as representative trade unions, conciliation officers, Labour Courts, and an Industrial Court to handle employment grievances, manage changes in work conditions, and settle disputes. It also penalizes illegal strikes, lockouts, and unfair terminations. By providing a structured framework for negotiation and adjudication, the law fosters industrial peace, ensures fair labor practices, and protects employment rights.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definition
- 3. Commissioner of Labour
- 4. Conciliator
- 5. Appointment of Registrar and Assistant Registrar
- 6. Labour Officers and Deputy Labour Officers
- 7. Powers of supervision of Commissioner of Labour
- 8. Labour Courts
- 9. Industrial Court
- 11. Board of Arbitration
- 12. Finality of order constituting Labour Court, Industrial Court or Board
- 13. Application for recognition as a Representative Union
- 14. Conditions of recognition
- 15. Registrar of Representative Unions
- 16. Cancellation of recognition
- 17. Recognition of another union in place of existing Representative Union
- 18. Application for re-recognition
- 19. Dismissal of certain application for want of prosecution
- 20. Liability of union or members not relieved by cancellation
- 21. Periodical returns to be submitted to Registrar
- 22. Appeal to Industrial Court from order of Registrar cancelling recognition
- 23. Legal aid to approved Union at Government expenses in important proceedings
- 24. Recognition of combination of employers as association of employers
- 25. Appearance on behalf of employers
- 26. Appearance on behalf of employees
- 27. Representation of employees
- 28. Person who may appear in proceeding
- 30. Powers and duties of Labour Officer
- 31. Notice of change
- 32. Notice of change when to be deemed general notice
- 33. Agreements
- 34. Illegal change
- 35. Employer to make change etc. within certain time
- 36. Constitution of Joint Committees
- 37. Duties of the Joint Committees
- 38. Procedure of Joint Committee
- 39. Report of dispute
- 40. Commencement of conciliation proceedings
- 41. Conciliation proceeding
- 42. Power of Chief Conciliator to intervene
- 43. Settlement and report
- 44. Procedure and powers of Conciliator
- 45. Time limit for conciliation proceedings
- 46. Completion of conciliation proceeding
- 47. Conciliation proceedings, not be commenced or continued in certain cases
- 48. Conciliation proceeding discontinued deemed to be completed
- 49. Submission
- 50. Submission when revocable
- 51. Reference of disputes to Labour Court, Industrial Court or Board
- 52. Reference to arbitration by unions
- 53. Bar of application of Arbitration Act of 1940
- 54. Procedure of arbitration proceeding
- 55. Arbitration to be concluded expeditiously
- 56. Award by arbitrator
- 57. Chairman to decide in case of disagreement
- 58. Awards
- 59. Commencement of Award
- 60. Award on whom binding
- 61. Powers of Labour Court
- 62. Commencement of proceedings
- 63. Cognizance of offence
- 64. Power of Labour Court and Industrial Court in respect of criminal case
- 65. Appeal
- 67. Powers of superintendence of Industrial Court
- 68. Duties of Industrial Court
- 69. Cancellation of recognition of Unions
- 70. Reference on point of Law or interpretation of Act and rules
- 71. Review
- 72. Procedure before a Labour Court, the Industrial Court or a Board
- 73. Power of authority to summon witnesses etc.
- 74. Appearance of officers of Government in any proceeding
- 75. Costs
- 76. Proceeding before a Labour Court, etc. to be judicial proceeding
- 77. Parties on whom orders of Board, etc. binding
- 78. Finality of decisions
- 79. Court of Enquiry constitution, powers and duties of
- 80. Illegal strikes and lock-outs
- 81. Closure or stoppage of work in certain circumstances illegal
- 82. Reference to Industrial Court for declaration whether strike, closure or stoppage in illegal
- 83. Employer not to dismiss, reduce or punish an employee
- 84. Protection to employees in certain cases
- 85. Power of Court to order reinstatement etc.
- 86. Penalty for wrongful dismissal etc., of an employee
- 87. Penalty for illegal lock-out or illegal closure
- 88. Penalty for commencing illegal strike or illegal stoppage
- 89. Penalty for instigating etc., illegal strikes, lock-outs, closure or stoppage
- 90. Penalty for disclosing confidential information
- 91. Penalty for illegal change
- 92. Penalty for obstructing persons from carrying out duties
- 93. Penalties for offences not provided for elsewhere
- 94. Record of industrial matters etc.
- 95. Enquiry for verification of records
- 96. Amendment of Schedules
- 97. Agreements etc. on whom binding
- 98. Order, decision or award to be in terms of agreement between employer and Representative Union
- 99. Agreement etc., when to cease to have effect
- 100. Powers and Duties of Labour Officer
- 101. Grant of copies of agreement, etc.
- 102. Liability of the executive of the Union
- 103. Certain officers to be public servants
- 104. Contempt of Board, Industrial Court, and Labour Court relating to omission to produce documents, etc.
- 105. Other kinds of contempt of Board, Industrial Court and Labour Court
- 106. Powers of Industrial Court, etc., to decide all matters
- 107. Powers of a Board Industrial Court etc. to pass interim orders
- 108. Recovery of amount due under the Act
- 109. Protection of action taken under the Act
- 110. Saving of certain provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act
- 111. Rules
- 112. Repeal and Savings
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