The Madhya Pradesh Labor Laws (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2025

1. (1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Labour Laws (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2025.
2. (2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the "Madhya Pradesh Gazette".

The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (No. 37 of 1970) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the principal Act) shall in its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh be amended in the manner hereinafter provided in this Part.

In the principal Act, in sub-section

1. (4) of Section 1,-
   • (i) in clause (a), for the words “twenty or more workmen”, the words “fifty or more workmen” shall be substituted.
   • (ii) in clause (b), for the words “twenty or more workmen”, the words “fifty or more workmen” shall be substituted.
   • (iii) in the proviso, for the words “workmen less than twenty”, the words “workmen less than fifty” shall be substituted.

The Factories Act, 1948 (No. 63 of 1948) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the principal Act) shall in its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh be amended in the manner hereinafter provided in this Part.

In Section 2 of the principal Act, in clause (m),-

1. (i) in sub-clause (i), for the words “ten or more workers”, the words “twenty or more workers” shall be substituted;
2. (ii) in sub-clause (ii), for the words “twenty or more workers”, the words “forty or more workers” shall be substituted;

In Section 85 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i), for the words “less than ten” the words “less than twenty” shall be substituted and further for the words “less than twenty”, the words “less than forty” shall be substituted.

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (No. 14 of 1947) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the principal Act) shall in its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh be amended in the manner hereinafter provided in this Part.

In Section 22 of the principal Act ,-

1. (i) in sub-section (1), after the words “a public utility service’, the words “or any industrial establishment” shall be inserted;
2. (ii) in sub-section (2), after the words “any public utility service”, the words “or any industrial establishment” shall be inserted.

1. (1) The State Government, subject to the condition of previous publication, may make rules for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) All rules made under this Act shall. as soon as after they are made, be laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly.

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by general or special order published in the Gazette, make such provision not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removal of the difficulty.
2. (2) Every order made under sub-section
3. (1) shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly.