In force · As amended up to 2026-08
Chapter V: STRIKES AND
LOCK-OUTS
``` | Section 25E: Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases
25E. Workmen not entitled to compensation in certain cases.- No
compensation shall be paid to a workman who has been laid-off--
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(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 five miles from the establishment to which he
belongs, if, in the opinion of the employer, such
alternative employment does not call for any special
kill or previous experience and can be done by the
workman, provided that the wages which would
normally have been paid to the workman 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 workmen in another part of the
establishment.
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25F.
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Conditions precedent to retrenchment of workmen.
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Source: India Code