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| Retrenchment on the grounds of Redundancy |
Retrenchment on the grounds of Redundancy (under Section 20 of BLA-2026):
1) 1)Any worker may be retrenched from an establishment for reasons of redundancy.
(2) If a worker has been employed in a continuous temporary post under an employer for one year, then, in the case of his
retrenchment, the employer
2) shall-
(a) Give him one month's written notice stating the reason for his
retrenchment, or, instead of the notice, pay him wages for the notice period;
and
(b) submit a copy of the notice to the Conciliation Officer or an officer
designated by the Government on this behalf, and shall give another copy to the
representative of the establishment, if any; and
(c) pay him compensation at the rate of thirty days' wages for every completed
year of his temporary service, or the gratuity, if any, whichever is higher.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), no notice under
clause (a) of sub-section (2) shall be necessary for retrenchment under section
16(7), but the worker retrenched shall be paid, in addition to the compensation
or gratuity payable under clause (c) of sub-section (2), wages for an
additional period of fifteen days.
(4) Where it becomes necessary to retrench any worker of a particular class,
the employer shall retrench the worker who was the last to be employed in that
class of workers, unless, for reasons to be recorded, the employer retrenches
any other worker.