Contents of the Industrial Relations Code

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Section 81. Duty of an employer to maintain muster rolls of workers

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter X — Special Provisions Relating to Lay-off, Retrenchment and Closure in Certain Establishments

Official text

Notwithstanding that workers in any industrial establishment have been laid-off, it shall be the duty of every employer to maintain for the purposes of this Chapter a muster roll, and to provide for the making of entries therein by workers who may present themselves for work at the establishment at the appointed time during normal working hours.

Source: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Act No. 35 of 2020 — Gazette of India, p. 39 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 39 · 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”