TEMPORARY APPLICATION OF MODEL STANDING ORDERS :

Section 12-A provides that for the period commencing on the date on which this Act becomes applicable to an industrial establishment and ending with the date on which the Standing Orders as finally certified under this Act come into operation in that establishment, the prescribed model Standing Orders shall be deemed to be adopted in that establishment and the provisions of Sections 9, 13(2) and 13-A shall apply.

Where there are two categories of workers, daily rated and monthly rated but the certified Standing Orders are in respect of daily rated workmen only, then Model Standing Orders can be applied to monthly rated workmen (Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. v. Ninth Industrial Tribunal, 1977 Lab. I.C. 607).

In case where there are no certified Standing Orders applicable to an industrial establishment, the prescribed Model Standing Orders shall be deemed to be adopted and applicable (1981-II Labour Law Journal 25).