Total manpower is approx 45, should we get registered in standing order?

Myself Mamta , working in an engineering company which is covered under factories act, I have a question that, in our organization total manpower is approx 45, should we registered in standing order, if yes then what would be the process to execute it.

Hi
to be registered under employment standing order act. manpower must be more than 100 Nos, hence your org does not cover employment standing order act.
Best Regard
Devesh Chauhan

In some states, the employee threshold is 50 also. Please check the specific limit in your State.

You dont need to have certified standing order, if your establishment's employees strength is less than 100. As far as i know Certified standing order is required, for more than 50 is in Tamilnadu and Karnataka state.
You can follow model standing orders until the strength reaches to 100 in other states.
Department of Labour, Govt. of Karnataka

There are state rules relating to coverage of standing orders. In many states it is 50 workers whereas in some states it is even 20. Please refer your rules. Still there will not be any illegality in getting standing orders registered provided you could win the confidence of workers' union.

It is not mandatory to get standing orders certified (not registered). If you feel that you need to change some of them vis-a-vis model standing orders, provided the act is applicable to your org, you may initiate the process. But the process is lengthy & also 'costly'.

You have not written which state the factory is located. State Govt. under Act is empowered to notify applicability of St.order based on number of employees. Yes, its right that many states have made it applicable to less than 50 strength of employees. Employee means and include all whether permanent or temporary in preceding years.

Coming to second query, you are asking how to get SO certified. Assuming that your employees strength is sufficient and you want a certified SO . Now, you have here freedom-either to have Model SO in place or you want to have your designed SO that should be explaining newer and modest practices,new forms and formats etc.The model Act is of 1946.To get SO certified ,you need to refer clauses, definitions , misconducts/serious misconducts , welfare and training terms and accordingly you can suitably classify rightly and appropriately.Sleeping , as a misconduct is a simple misconduct because it was a general and behavioral related natural act. But in relation to an operator, who makes pharma products by charging of raw materials, mixing catalysts and enzymes , sitting in control room, sleeping on duty should be a serious misconduct.Take , another example,which will explain,what is advantage of having a certified SO in any establishments. Training clause is there in Model Act, but you can explain as to who will be engaged as trainees,qualifications, Age,stipend, duration, training scope and after successful training , trainees exit.Normally exit is problematic act and for a low wagers its at times infecting Employee relations mostly any place.If someone starts working seriously, wanting to frame own SO for certification, its golden opportunity to make it contemporary, value added and more making its use so relevant.There is more advantage, impact and effect of latest version SO supporting futuristic organization if done today and no threat at all. Very big advantage is that you are working today in 2016, with a compass ,scales and its instruments which are age old brands of 70 years and you are expected to climb as high as others who practice in routine with GPS and lasers systems.

In UP. Strength of employees is 20 as per directions from state of UP Govt. In HP,strength is 50 for applicability of Model SO Act, announced by notification dtd.10/10/1983. The name of Act is Industrial Employment(Standing Orders) Act,1946 (Model Standing Orders called for sake of brevity). Many smart organizations have changed and devised new one and are successfully doing work. Nowadays I am drafting SO for one of my client having plants in Baddia, Assam and Uttaranchal.

Procedure for certification is simple and also explained under Act.Certifying authority, normally a DLC, fixes one or 2 dates to ascertain along with workers representatives that draft SO matches with the guidelines of Model SO, and workmen representatives do not have any objections.On his satisfaction, it is certified and in case there he noted something contrary, you are given a chance to make it according to provisions which otherwise you have been working with those stuffs until today.

Dear Madam,
Standing Orders are not applicable to your organisation under the provisions of Indl.Employment Standing Orders Act -1947 rules due to your organisation Man Power is less than 50. Pl go through the same.
Thanks & Regards,
V R Rao Pulipaka

Mamta...
if your establishment's employees strength is less than 100.You dont need to have certified standing order,
But its better to take certified S.O....from Director of industrial ,Safety and Heath. bcoz some of S.O are out of the context..of legal parameters .

Hi Mamta, It also depands on the state in which your factory is operational. i.e., for Tamilnadu, its mandatory to obtain Standing Order if the employee strength exceeds 20. So please check with local act if possible.