State Rules

The Industrial Relations (Gujarat) Rules, 2021

Text from the Labour and Employment Department's copy of the notification, as sent to the Government Central Press for publication in the Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part I-L, of 5 October 2021. Its last page (the end of the last Form, and the signature) is a scanned image, so it is not reproduced here; read it in the official PDF.

Made under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020.

Notification text (preamble)

Labour and Employment Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. Dated the 5th October 2021.

Industrial Relations Code, 2020

No KHR-2021-129-IDA-122020-539471-M(2).:—WHEREAS, a certain draft rules were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 99 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020), at pages 2/1 to 2/90 in Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part I-L, dated the 31st March, 2021, under Government Notification Labour and Employment Department NO. KHR-2021-30-IDA-122020-539471-M(2) dated 31st March, 2021, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby for a period of thirty days from the date of its publication in the official Gazette;

AND WHEREAS, objections and suggestions have been received and considered by the Government in respect of the said notification;

NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 99 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (35 of 2020) (hereinafter referred as the said “Code”) read with section 24 of the General Clauses Act, 1897(10 of 1897) and in supersession of The Gujarat Trade Union Regulations, 1963; The Bombay Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Rules, 1959; and The Industrial Disputes (Gujarat) Rules, 1966; the Government of Gujarat hereby makes following rules namely: -

Official PDF download from Commissionerate of Labour, Government of Gujarat

Contents

  1. Chapter I — Preliminary

  2. Chapter II — Bi-partite Forums

  3. Chapter III — Standing Orders

  4. Chapter IV — Notice of Change

  5. Chapter V — Voluntary Reference of Disputes to Arbitration

  6. Chapter VI — Mechanism for Resolution of Industrial Disputes

  7. Chapter VII — Strikes and Lockouts

  8. Chapter VIII — Lay-off, Retrenchment and Clousure

  9. Chapter IX — Special Provisions Relating to Lay-off, Retrenchment and Closure in Certain Establishments

  10. Chapter X — Worker Re-skilling Fund

  11. Chapter XI — Offences and Penalties

  12. Chapter XII — Miscellaneous

  13. Chapter XIII — Trade Unions

  14. Forms, appendices and annexures