Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 69. Workers not entitled for compensation in certain cases

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter IX — Lay-off, Retrenchment and Closure

Official text

No compensation shall be paid to a worker who has been laid-off—

(i) if he refuses to accept any alternative employment in the same establishment from which he has been laid-off, or in any other establishment belonging to the same employer situate in the same town or village or situate within a radius of eight kilometres from the establishment to which he belongs, if, in the opinion of the employer, such alternative employment does not call for any special skill or previous experience and can be done by the worker, provided that the wages which would normally have been paid to the worker are offered for the alternative employment also;

(ii) if he does not present himself for work at the establishment at the appointed time during normal working hours at least once a day;

(iii) if such laying-off is due to a strike or slowing-down of production on the part of workers in another part of the establishment.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 33 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 33 · official download · all sources

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5320(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “the Central Government hereby appoints the 21st day of November, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Code, shall come into force”