Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; Maximum allowed OT in any quarter increased from 75 hours to 115 hours; First time violation by employers can be pardoned
Himachal Pradesh
CLARA
Applicability
09/09/2020
Bill No. 6 of 2020
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 30 and above workers
Himachal Pradesh
ID Act
Applicability
09/09/2020
Bill No. 5 of 2020
All factories under Factories Act
Amends Section 22 - strike notice required in non-public service utility raise from 2 weeks to 6 weeks.
Amends Section 25 F - retrenchment pay increased from 15 days to 2 months
Amdends Section 25 K - raises the number of workmen who can be retrenched without permission from government from 100 to 200
Madhya Pradesh
Factories Act
Applicability
20/08/2020
Ordinance no.8 of 2020
All factories under Factories Act
Applicability raised from existing 10 workmen [for enterprises not using power] and 20 [for enterprises using power] to 50.
Himachal Pradesh
Factories Act
Working Hours
13/08/2020
Shram (A)4-3/2017-Loose-I
All factories under Factories Act
Extends the exemption from working hour limits in factories for 3 months
3 months from the date of the issue of notification
Punjab
CLARA
Applicability
11/08/2020
No.11/01/2019-2L/1131
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 50 and above workers
Punjab
ID Act
Applicability
11/08/2020
No.21/73/2019-4L/1134
All factories under Factories Act
Applicability increased from establishements employing 100 or more workers to 300 or more; Compensation for retrenchment changed from fifteen days' average pay for every completed year of continuous service or any part thereof in excess of six months to last 3 months of average pay.
Dispute in case of retrenchment etc., can be raised within 3 years
Karnataka
ID Act, Factories Act and CLARA
Applicability
31/07/2020
Karnataka Ordinance No. 15 of 2020
Applicability of ID Act changed from establishments employing 100 workers to 300 workers for section 25 K; Applicability of Factories Act changed from establishments using power and employing 10 or more to 20 or more and those not using power and employing 20 or more to 40 or more; Maximum OT hours in a quarter changed from 75 hours to 125 hours; Applicability of CLARA changed from establishments or contractors employing 20 or more to 50 or more.
Gujarat
CLARA
Applicability
20/07/2020
Gujarat Ordinance No.7 of 2020
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 50 and above workers; compounding of offence with defined fines
Rajasthan
Factories Act
Working Hours
11/04/2020
F 3(15) Legal/F&B/2020/188
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and a max of 24 hours of OT in a week with OT pay for hours exceeding 8 hours
3 months from date of notification; Withdrawn on 24.05.2020 by notification F3(15) Legal/F&B/2020/301
Punjab
Factories Act
Working Hours
20/04/2020
No.21 07/2015-51/ 503
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and a max of 24 hours of OT in a week with OT pay for hours exceeding 8 hours; Spreadover will not exceed 13 hours in a day
3 months from issue of order
Madhya Pradesh
Factories Act
Working Hours
22/04/2020
247- 2020 - A-XVI
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and 72 hours in a week with OT pay for hours exceeding 8 hours; at least 30 mins of break after every 6 hours of work
3 months from issue of order
Uttarakhand
Factories Act
Working Hours
05/05/2020
VIII/20-91 (labour)/2008
Only for factories with 24 hour work-shifts
2 shifts of 12 hour workday, with OT pay for hours exceeding 8 hours; 30 mins break after every six hours work; Max of 24 hours OT in a week; weekly off after 6 days of work
Madhya Pradesh
Standing Orders Act rules
Applicability FTC
06/05/2020
MP ordinance No. 5 of 2020
Applicability increased from 50 workers and more to 100 and more workers; FTC in all industrial estalishments allowed
Goa
Factories Act
Working Hours
07/05/2020
CIF/092 Part 2/S-II/IFB/2020/191
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours with OT pay for hours exeeding 8 hours; Spreadover not to exceed 13 hours in a day; total no. of work in a week including OT not to exceed 60 hours; no worker will be allowed to work OT for more than 7 days in a stretch; Total no. of OT hours cannot exceed 75 hours in a quarter; at least 30 mins of break after every 5 hours of work;
upto 31 July 2020
Assam
Factories Act
Working Hours
08/05/2020
GLR.170/2019/Pt./4
All factories under Factories Act and All Shops and Establishments under S&E Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours with OT pay for hours exeeding 8 hours; Spreadover not to exceed 13 hours in a day
3 months from issue of order
Odisha
Factories Act
Working Hours
08/05/2020
LL2-FE-0003-2020/2716/LESI
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and 72 hours in a week with OT pay for hours exceeding 8 hours; Max OT of 24 hours in a week; at least 30 mins of break after every 6 hours of work; Total spreadover not to exceed 13 hours in a day
Uttar Pradesh
Factories Act
Working Hours
08/05/2020
13/2020/502/XXXVI-03-2020-30 (Sa.)/2020 TC
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and 72 hours in a week without OT pay; at least 30 mins of break after every 6 hours of work
19.07.2020 Withdrawn on 15.05.2020
Gujarat
CLARA
Applicability
13/05/2020
No.GHR/2020/59/CLA/152020/210/M-3
In Gujarat, by a notification of 1982, CLARA applied to all establishements and contractors that employed ten or more workers. The notification is now been revoked.
Bihar
Standing Orders Act rules
FTC
15/05/2020
SO-1246/2018-1257/L&R
Allowing FTCs in all industrial establishments
Draft Notification
Tripura
Factories Act
Working Hours Night work of Women Definition of a factory
21/05/2020
No.F.2(345)-FB/EoDB(Vol-II)/2015(Part)/189-96
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Working hours from 8 to 12 hours with No OT pay; at least 30 mins break after 6 hours work; Max of 72 hours of work a week; No women worker from 7 pm to 6 am; Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months.
Indefinite but the definition of factory is valid only for 3 months from the date of notification
Goa
Standing Orders Act
FTC
21/05/2020
24/09/2020-LAB/284
Allowing FTCs in all industrial establishments
Karnataka
Factories Act
Working Hours
22/05/2020
KAE 33 KABANI 2020
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 10 hours in a day and 60 hours in a week with OT wage for hours exceeding 8 hours.
upto 21 August 2020 Withdrawn on 11.06.2020
Tripura
CLARA
Applicability
27/05/2020
N0. F.16 (8)- LAB/ENF/CL/2008/ 2976-92
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 50 and above workers
6 months from date of notification
Tripura
ID Act
Applicability
27/05/2020
No. F.86 (2)-LAB/IDA/86/2993-3021
Applicability increased from establishements employing 100 or more workers to 300 or more
6 months from date of issue of notification
Goa
CLARA
Applicability and compounding of offence
26/06/2020
Goa Ordinance No. 7 of 2020
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 50 and above workers; compounding of offence with defined fines
Goa
ID Act
Time to raise dispute
26/06/2020
Goa Ordinance No. 8 of 2020
Time to raise dispute under section 2A reduced from 3 years to 1 year
Assam
Factories Act
Definition of Factory
30/06/2020
All factories under the Factories Act
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months
Karnataka
Standing Orders Act rules
FTC
30/06/2020
LD 382 LET 2018
Allowing FTCs in all industrial establishments
Gujarat
Factories Act
Definition of Factory schedule for pardonable offences
01/07/2020
Gujarat Ordinance no. 6 of 2020
All factories under the Factories Act
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; First time violation by employers can be pardoned; Govt. can notify new schedule for first time pardonable offences
Bihar
Factories Act
Definition of Factory
02/07/2020
Bihar Ordinance no. 8
All factories under the Factories Act
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months
Bihar
CLARA
Applicability
02/07/2020
Bihar Ordinance No. 6, 2020
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 50 and above workers
Bihar
ID Act
Applicability
02/07/2020
Bihar Ordinance No. 7 of 2020
Applicability increased from establishements employing 100 or more workers to 300 or more
Gujarat
ID Act
Applicability Section 25N and 25O
03/07/2020
Gujarat Ordinance No. 5 of 2020
Applicability increased from establishements employing 100 or more workers to 300 or more; Compensation for retrenchment changed from fifteen days' average pay for every completed year of continuous service or any part thereof in excess of six months to last 3 months of average pay
Himachal Pradesh
Factories Act
Definition of Factory First time offence pardonable
09/07/2020
Himachal Pradesh Ordinance No. 5 of 2020
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; Maximum allowed OT in any quarter increased from 75 hours to 115 hours; First time violation by employers can be pardoned
Repealed on 9 September 2020 by an Act
Himachal Pradesh
CLARA
Applicability
09/07/2020
Himachal Pradesh Ordinance No. 3 of 2020
Applicability increased from 20 and above to 30 and above workers
Repealed on 9 September 2020 by an Act
Himachal Pradesh
ID Act
Applicability Strikes and lockout Retrenchment compensation
09/07/2020
Himachal Pradesh Ordinance No. 4 of 2020
Section 22 extended to non-public utility services. Thus no person in any service can go on strike without notice; Retrenchment pay changed from 15 days average pay for every year of service and part thereof to 60 days under 25F (b); Applicability increased from establishments employing 100 or more to 300 or more
Repealed on 9 September 2020 by an Act
Goa
Factories Act
Definition of Factory
10/07/2020
8/2/2020 LA
All factories under the Factories Act
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months
Gujarat
Factories Act
Working Hours
20/07/2020
GHR/2020/92/FAC/142020/346/M3
All factories under Factories Act
Increase in Normal Working hours to 12 hours in a day and 72 hours in a week with no OT pay; at least 30 mins of break after every 6 hours of work
upto 19 October 2020
Haryana
Factories Act
Working Hours Night work of Women Definition of a factory Cognizance of offence
20/07/2020
No. Leg.17/2020
All factories under the Factories Act
Factory is defined as any establishment using power employing 20 (from 10) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; and for establishments not using power, factory is defined as any establishment employing 40 (from 20) or more workers at any point in preceding 12 months; Maximum allowed OT in any quarter increased from 75 hours to 115 hours; Night work allowed for women beween 7 pm and 6 am; Cognizance of offence will now be taken only if made by an inspector sanctioned by the Chief Inspector; First time violation by employers can be pardoned; New Schedule IV included that gives list of violations that can be pardoned for the first time. This includes provisions of toilets, canteens, creches, rest room, first aid, compensatory holiday, Non-maintenance of OT register, Non-maintenance of employment register; hours of work, denial of rights of workers and more