What are Manipur's rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020?
Jurisdiction: Manipur state rules under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020.
Manipur published the draft Industrial Relations (Manipur) Rules, 2021 on 19 November 2021 (Manipur Extraordinary Gazette No. 242) under section 99 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, for a 45-day objection period. The short draft adapts the Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2020 for Manipur and leaves residuary matters to the State Government. This page synthesizes those provisions; the verbatim text is on the linked /states page and the source PDF is available below.
Key facts
- Parent code
- Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- Jurisdiction
- Manipur (state rules)
- Published
- 19 November 2021
- Gazette reference
- Notification No. 5/44/2018-L&E(Pt-1), dated 19 November 2021, Government of Manipur, Skill, Labour, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, published in the Manipur Extraordinary Gazette No. 242, 19 November 2021
Key obligations
Scope, commencement and draft status
Source: Rule 1 and the notification header
The rules are titled the Industrial Relations (Manipur) Rules, 2021, extend to the whole state, and were published in draft for public objection.
- These rules may be called the Industrial Relations (Manipur) Rules, 2021 and extend to the whole of the State of Manipur (rule 1).
- They come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette (rule 1); as published they are draft rules issued under section 99(1) of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 for a 45-day objection period, not final notified rules (notification header).
Definitions and adaptation of the Central Rules
Source: Rules 2 to 3 and the explanatory statement
The operative procedural content is imported by adapting the Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2020 rather than being restated in the Manipur draft.
- The rules define Central Government, Code, Labour and Employment Department, section and State Government by reference to the Manipur context (rule 2).
- The Industrial Relations (Central) Rules, 2020 are adapted for Manipur except their rule 1, with central designations read as their Manipur equivalents, so that Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) becomes the Labour Commissioner, Manipur, the National Industrial Tribunal becomes the State Industrial Tribunal, and the Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court Judge becomes the Chief Justice or a Judge of the High Court of Manipur (rule 3).
- The draft's explanatory statement records that central rules 1-A to 42 are adopted, on the footing that the matters to be prescribed by the Central and State Governments under the Code are the same, so the substantive provisions live in the adapted Central Rules (explanatory statement).
Removal of difficulty and residuary matters
Source: Rules 4 to 5
The remaining two rules leave interpretation difficulties and unprovided matters to the State Government.
- Any difficulty in the interpretation and application of a rule is referred to the State Government, whose decision is binding on the matter (rule 4).
- Matters for which the rules make no express provision are referred by the Labour and Employment Department to the State Government, and any such decision is notified in the Official Gazette (rule 5).
Frequently asked questions
Official gazette PDF
Notification No. 5/44/2018-L&E(Pt-1), dated 19 November 2021, Government of Manipur, Skill, Labour, Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, published in the Manipur Extraordinary Gazette No. 242, 19 November 2021