Unfair Practices

[See section 2(r)] UNFAIR PRACTICES Prohibition of Unfair Practices in the Loading and Unloading Activities (1) Intentionally putting an employer in fear of any injury to him or any other person or damage to his goods or property for getting any work done or demanding amounts in excess of the notified wages for the loading and unloading work connected with or ancillary to the purpose specified in this Act. (2) Intimidating an employer by threat or violence to compel him to engage any person or group of persons for loading and unloading work or for paying amounts in excess of the notified wages prescribed for the work performed. (3) Demanding the right to undertake the loading and unloading work connected with or related to domestic purposes after the employer has refused to engage any worker or group of workers. (4) Demanding, claiming or receiving any amount without executing any work or for the work done by others. (5) Individually or jointly making any obstruction or hindrance to the loading or unloading work and the transportation of goods and articles to be carried out in connection with or relating to or ancillary to the purposes specified in this Act. (6) Obstructing the movement of vehicles or persons carrying goods or articles and delaying the work connected with or related to the purposes specified in this Act. (7) Intentionally causing damage to the articles or vehicles or machinery or goods while carrying out the loading and unloading work. (8) Indulging in acts of threat, violence, force, using abusive languages and the like in connection with the work related to the purposes specified in this Act. (9) Indulging in work under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants. (10) Receiving amounts in excess of the notified wages prescribed for the work or receiving any amount in any other form or manner. (11) Receiving any amount without issuing proper receipt or demand. (12) Demanding or claiming any loading and unloading work in an area where the worker has no preference to do the work. (13) Unauthorised entry into the property of an employer or any person or premises of an establishment for demanding or claiming the loading and unloading work connected with or related to the purposes specified in this Act. (14) Refusal of work by an act of victimisation; (15) By falsely implicating an employee in a criminal case on false evidence or on concocted evidence; (16) Refusal to pay wages for patently false reasons; (17) To show favoritism or partiality to one set of workers, regardless of merits. (18) Act of mischief. (19) To indulge in an Act of force or violence. (20) Paying less than the notified wages. (21) Employ women or child labour in loading and unloading operations. (22) Compel to do the work of loading or unloading more than the prescribed load limit or without permitting the worker to avail the break prescribed under the Act.