Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Comparative Study of Lay-Off, Retrenchment, and Closure In this article, we shall do Comparative Study of Lay-Off, Retrenchment, and Closure and its effect on employment. Definition of Lay-Off: “Lay-off” means the failure, refusal or inability of an employer on account of shortage of […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Closure of Undertaking Closure: The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, originally does not contain the provisions relating to the closure of an industry. The provisions relating to the law of closure were inserted in the year 1957 in view of the Supreme Court judgment […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Strikes Definition of “strike” under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Definition of “strike” under The Maharashtra ESMA, 2017: Essential Characteristics of Strikes: Case Laws: Northbrook Jute Co. Ltd. V. Their Workmen (1960, I LLJ 580 SC) Buckingham and Camatic Co. Ltd. v, Certain […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Procedure of Retrenchment Retrenchment: It is defined in Section 2 (oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. “Retrenchment” means the termination by the employer of the service of a workman for any reason whatsoever, otherwise than as a punishment inflicted by way of […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Retrenchment Retrenchment is a kind of downsizing of the workforce. During the process, the establishment reduces outgoing money or expenditures or redirects focus in an attempt to become more financially solvent. The definition of the term was not included in the Industrial Disputes […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Lay-off Compensation Before understanding lay-off compensation, we have to understand the term continuous service. Continuous Service: The term “Continuous service” is defined in S. 25B. The section defines “continuous service” as a workman shall be said to be in continuous service for a […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Lay-off Lay-off is one of the important factors which may lead to an industrial dispute. Explanation of the Term Lay-Off: Lay-off is defined in Section 2 (kkk) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. “Lay-off” means the failure, refusal or inability of an employer […]
Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Labour Laws > Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 > Introduction to Industrial Disputes Act Industrialization in a country has always contributed to employment, contribution to national income, per capita income, exports and economic development on one side and industrial disputes on the other. For the industrial growth, there must […]