(1) These rules may be called the Tamil Nadu Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1947.
(2) They shall extend to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu including the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district and the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (Central Act 56 of 1959)
2. In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-
(1) “Act” means the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.
(2). “Form” means a form appended to these Rules.
(3) “Section” means a section of the Act.
(4) Words and expressions not defined in these rules shall have the meanings assigned to them under the Act.
3. 1[(1) Five copies of the draft standing orders in English and in Tamil which an employer proposes to adopt for his industrial establishment, shall be sent by him, by registered post, to the Certifying Officer along with the required number of spare copies to the trade union in the establishment.]
(2) In cases where a group of employers in similar industrial establishments proposes to submit a joint draft of standing orders under section 3(4), they shall notify the Certifying Officer accordingly and submit a joint draft of the standing orders signed by all of them and forward the same to him by registered post.
4. The Model Standing Orders for the purpose of the Act applicable to the workmen in Industrial establishments and to the Working Journalists in Newspaper establishments shall be those set out in Schedules I and II to these rules respectively.
1Subs. by G.O. (2D) No. 33, Labour and Employment (G-1), dated the 1st July, 2014 (with effect from 30th July, 2014) 2
5. The draft standing orders shall be accompanied by a statement giving the following particulars of the workmen employed in the industrial establishment:-
(1) Name of the establishment
(2) Number of workmen (classified into men, women and children) employed under the following categories:-
(a) Skilled ;
(b) Unskilled ;
(c) Clerical ;
(d) Others, if any ;
(e) Total ;
(f) Number of permanent workmen ;
(g) Number of temporary workmen ;
(h) Number of badlis or substitutes ;
(i) Number of casual workmen ;
(j) Number of probationers ;
(k) Number of apprentices ;
(l) Names of the trade unions, if any, to which they belong with the number of workers in each such union
6. On receipt of the draft standing orders, the Certifying Officer shall forward a copy thereof together with a notice in Form “A” to the trade union, if any, of the workmen or where there is no trade union, 1[to three representatives of the workmen] elected at a meeting convened for the purpose by a Labour Officer or other person authorised by a Certifying Officer, Madras after previous notice of not less than ten days.