The Model Standing Orders, 2026
Order 1A. Definition
Official text
(1) In these Model Standing Orders, unless there is anything repugnant to the subject or the context,-
(a) “Code” means the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020);
(b) “Form” means the form set forth in the Schedules appended to these standing orders;
(c) “Habitual” means with respect to indiscipline, a worker shall be habitual if committing misconduct three or more times in preceding twelve months; and
(d) “standing order” with its grammatical variation and cognate expressions means the standing order of these model standing orders.
(2) The words or expressions used in these model standing orders and not defined therein but defined in the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the definitions in the Code.