In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (Stand­ing Or­ders) Act 1946

MCQs points on In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment

(Stand­ing Or­ders) Act 1946

1. The min­i­mum rate of sub­sis­tence 
al­lowance in case of sus­pen­sion pend­ing en­quiry has been given un­der The

In­dus­trial Dis­putes Act leg­is­la­tions.

2. The In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (stand­ing or­ders) Act, 1946 re­quires em­ploy­ers in 
in­dus­trial es­tab­lish­ments to

de­fine the con­di­tions of em­ploy­ment.

3. The In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (stand­ing or­ders) Act, 1946 ap­plies to every 
es­tab­lish­ment em­ploy­ing 100 work­men on any day preceding 12 months and the gov­ern­ment can or­der by ap­pli­ca­tion to es­tab­lish­ments em­ploy­ing less than 100.

4. The pro­vi­sion re­lat­ing to sus­pen­sion has been made

un­der In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (Stand­ing Or­ders) Act

leg­is­la­tions.

5. In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (stand­ing or­der) Amend­ment Act, 1982amend­ments of In­dus­trial Em­ploy­ment (stand­ing

or­der) Act pro­vided for pay­ment of sub­sis­tence al­lowance by the em­ployer to a sus­pended em­ployee pend­ing

en­quiry against him.

6. fol­low­ing steps is dis­ci­pli­nary 
pro­ce­dure in the or­der in which they are used

1- Show-cause no­tice

2- Serv­ing of charge sheet

3- Do­mes­tic en­quiry

4- Sub­mis­sion of the re­port

5- Dis­missal and dis­charge.

7. The copies of the cer­ti­fied stand­ing 
or­ders au­then­ti­cated in the pre­scribed 
man­ner may be send to the employer, the trade union, other pre­scribed 
rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the

work­men by the Cer­ti­fy­ing of­fi­cer within 7 days. 

8. The ap­peal on the cer­ti­fied stand­ing 
or­ders may be

pre­ferred within 30 days be­fore the 
ap­pel­late au­thor­ity. 

9. Stand­ing or­ders fi­nally cer­ti­fied un­der this Act shall not be li­able to 
mod­i­fi­ca­tion, ex­cept on agree­ment 
be­tween the em­ployer and the work­men 
un­til the 
ex­piry of 6 months from the date on which the stand­ing or­ders or the last 
mod­i­fi­ca­tions thereof came into 
op­er­a­tion. 

10.  If any work­man is sus­pended by the em­ployer, the

em­ployer shall pay to such work­man 
sub­sis­tence al­lowance at the rate of 50% 
per­cent of the wages which the

work­man was en­ti­tled to im­me­di­ately 
pre­ced­ing the date of such sus­pen­sion, for the first ninety days of sus­pen­sion.

11. An em­ployer who fails to sub­mit draft stand­ing or­ders as re­quired by Sec. 3, or who mod­i­fies his stand­ing or­ders 
oth­er­wise than in ac­cor­dance with Sec. 10, shall be

pun­ish­able with fine which may ex­tend to Rs.5000/-

ru­pees.

12. If any ques­tion arises on the 
ap­pli­ca­tion or in­ter­pre­ta­tion of a stand­ing or­der cer­ti­fied un­der this Act, any 
em­ployer or work­men (or a trade union or other rep­re­sen­ta­tive body of the 
work­men) may re­fer the ques­tion to any one of the Labour Courts con­sti­tuted 
un­der the In­dus­trial

Dis­putes Act, 1947.

13. The ap­pro­pri­ate Gov­ern­ment by 
no­ti­fi­ca­tion in the

of­fi­cial Gazette have the power to ex­empt con­di­tion­ally or un­con­di­tion­ally, any 
in­dus­trial es­tab­lish­ment or class of

in­dus­trial es­tab­lish­ment from all or any of the pro­vi­sions of this Act. 

14.  The ob­jec­tions, which the work­men may de­sire to make to the draft stand­ing or­ders to be sub­mit­ted to the Cer­ti­fy­ing Of­fi­cer within 15 days from the re­ceipt of draft stand­ing

or­der from the Cer­ti­fy­ing Of­fi­cer. 

15. Sec­tion 11 states that 'cer­ti­fy­ing 
of­fi­cer and ap­pel­late have the pow­ers of Civil Court'.

16.  Sec­tion 12A  deals with tem­po­rary ap­pli­ca­tion of Model Stand­ing Or­ders.

17. Sec­tion 13 deals with penal­ties and pro­ce­dure. 

18. Sec­tion 13B states about the in­dus­trial es­tab­lish­ments where this act not 
ap­plic­a­ble.