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Section 69: Workers not entitled for compensation in certain cases.

The Industrial Relations Code, 2020Central Act · Act 35 of 2020

No compensation shall be paid to a worker who has been laid-off---

(i) if he refuses to accept any alternative employment in the same establishment from which he has been laid-off, or in any other establishment belonging to the same employer situate in the same town or village or situate within a radius of eight kilometres from the establishment to which he belongs, if, in the opinion of the employer, such alternative employment does not call for any special skill or previous experience and can be done by the worker, provided that the wages which would normally have been paid to the worker are offered for the alternative employment also;

(ii) if he does not present himself for work at the establishment at the appointed time during normal working hours at least once a day;

(iii) if such laying-off is due to a strike or slowing-down of production on the part of workers in another part of the establishment.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Section69
Marginal noteWorkers not entitled for compensation in certain cases.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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