Enactment of the Amendments to Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act and the struggle ahead – Ma Le Theepori

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The Amendment to Industrial Standing Order Act(47/2008) was passed unanimously in May 14th 2008 by Tamil Nadu State Assembly. The then DMK Government could not get approval from Central Government during its rule until April 2011,and neither could the ADMK Government between 2011 and 2016 . However, eight years after the bill was passed in the State Assembly, the presidential assent to the bill was finally given on June 26th, 2016. The State Government has passed the law via Government Order (GO 163) on July 04, 2016 and published in the Gazette.