Contents of the Model Standing Orders

The Model Standing Orders, 2026

Order 21. Exclusive service

Schedule C: service sectorMade under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020S.O. 2312(E), 8 May 2026

Official text

(1) No worker shall, at any point of time, act against the interest of the industrial establishment in which he is employed.

(2) No worker shall take up any employment in addition to his present job in the industrial establishment where such employment may adversely affect the interest of his employer.

(3) The employer may, however, permit the worker to take up additional job, assignment, with or without conditions and in such case, the worker shall obtain prior permission of the employer.

Source: The Model Standing Orders, 2026, S.O. 2312(E) — Gazette of India, p. 87 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 87 · official download · all sources