Unfair Labour Practices

Key points

1. 1Section 84 forbids every unfair labour practice listed in the Second Schedule; the section itself lists nothing, so the Second Schedule is where the prohibited acts are spelled out. §84
2. 2The ban binds employers, workers and trade unions equally, so it is not only a rule for the employer's side. §84
3. 3A trade union is covered whether or not it is registered under the Code, so staying unregistered does not take a union outside the ban. §84
4. 4Only practices specified in the Second Schedule are caught by this section; conduct that feels unfair but is not on that list falls outside section 84. The list itself can change, because the Central Government may add to or amend the Second Schedule by notification under section 101, so check the current version. §84
5. 5This chapter contains no exceptions of its own, but it is not the last word: section 96 elsewhere in the Code lets the appropriate Government exempt an establishment or class of establishments from a provision of the Code by notification, so check whether any such notification applies. §84