Labour Law Tracker

State	Legislation Covered	Description	Date Issued	Order Number	Applicability	Changes	Validity
Himachal Pradesh	Factories Act	Applicability First time offence pardonable	09/09/2020	Bill No. 7 of 2020	All Factories under 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; 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
State	Legislation Covered	Description	Date Issued	Order Number	Applicability	Changes	Validity