Notices · Industrial Relations Code
Permission for lay-off or retrenchment in larger establishments
- Retrenchment
- Employer
What to do
Apply in Form XIV to the Central Government for prior permission before laying off or retrenching workers, stating the reasons, and serve a copy on the workers concerned electronically, in person or by speed post rule 30(1) rule 33(1) s. 79(1).
Who it applies to
Factories, mines and plantations in which not less than three hundred workers, or a higher number the appropriate Government notifies, were employed on average per working day in the preceding twelve months s. 77(1), (3).
In the checklist: Permission for lay-off, retrenchment and closure.
When
Before the lay-off or retrenchment. A retrenchment also needs three months’ written notice to the worker, or wages instead s. 79(1)(a).
How
Display the application conspicuously on the notice board or electronic board at the main entrance rule 30(2) rule 33(2).
If the Government does not communicate its decision within sixty days of the application, permission is deemed granted s. 79(4).
For a mine where workers were laid off because of fire, flood, excess of inflammable gas or explosion, apply to continue the lay-off within thirty days of its start rule 31.
Forms
- Form XIV of the IR (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 87
Forms lose their layout when extracted; use the official PDF to fill them in.