Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Section - 33 - Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circum­stances during pendency of proceedings

[Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circum­stances during pendency of proceedings.

33. (1) During the pendency of any conciliation proceeding before a conciliation officer or a Board or of any proceeding before [an arbitra­tor or] a Labour Court or Tribunal or National Tribunal in respect of an industrial dispute, no employer shall,—

(a) in regard to any matter connected with the dispute, alter, to the prejudice of the workmen concerned in such dispute, the conditions of service applicable to them immediately before the commencement of such proceeding; or

(b) for any misconduct connected with the dispute, discharge or punish, whether by dismissal or otherwise, any workmen concerned in such dispute,

save with the express permission in writing of the authority before which the proceeding is pending.

(2) During the pendency of any such proceeding in respect of an industrial dispute, the employer may, in accordance with the standing orders applicable to a workman concerned in such dispute [or, where there are no such standing orders, in accordance with the terms of the contract, whether express or implied, between him and the workman],—

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