Object:

To define the conditions of recruitment, discharge, disciplinary action, holiday, leaves etc.

Applicability & Obligation:

• To every Industrial Establishment employing 50 or more workmen in Maharashtra and Gujarat State
• To frame draft standing orders & submit them to certifying officer for certification within six months from the date of the applicability of the Act.
• Once the Act is applicable, it continues to apply even if the no. of workmen falls below the statutory limit.

Eligibility:

• To workmen doing manual or technical work, clerical or supervisory work and journalist in case of newspaper establishment.