Haryana Government, Labour Department, has published draft Industrial Relations (Haryana) Rules, 2026 under section 99 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, following the enforcement of all provisions of the Code vide Notification No. S.O. 5320(E) dated November 21, 2025. The draft rules, upon final notification, will supersede: (i) the Industrial Disputes (Punjab) Rules, 1958; (ii) the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Punjab Rules, 1949; and (iii) the Punjab Trade Union Regulations, 1927, as applicable to the State of Haryana, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession.

The draft rules consist of thirteen chapters and twenty-two forms. The rules extend to the whole of the State of Haryana in respect of industrial establishments or undertakings and matters for which the State Government is the appropriate Government.

• Chapters I and II cover preliminary definitions, Works Committees (total membership not exceeding twenty, term of three years, women representation proportional to their share in total workers), and Grievance Redressal Committees (total membership not exceeding ten, equal employer-worker representation, three-year term).
• Chapter III covers Trade Union registration (fee Rupees One Thousand), verification of membership through secret ballot, recognition of sole negotiating union at thirty percent membership threshold, recognition validity of three years extendable to five years, tiered annual audit requirements by membership size, annual returns by April 30 in Form V, and restricted expenditure of general and political funds to specified objects.
• Chapter IV covers certification, modification, and display of standing orders, with copy fee of Rupees Ten per page.
• Chapter V requires notice in Form VIII before effecting changes in conditions of service under the Third Schedule.
• Chapter VI covers voluntary arbitration agreements in Form IX.
• Chapter VII covers conciliation proceedings, Industrial Tribunal composition (Judicial Member requiring minimum three years as District Judge or Additional District Judge; Administrative Member requiring specified experience in State Labour Department or Indian Administrative Service), salary of retired members at Rupees Two Lakh Fifty Thousand (fixed) per month reduced by pension drawn, award communication within one month, and Tribunal applications within ninety days of conciliation report.
• Chapter VIII prescribes notice of strike in Form XVII and notice of lock-out in Form XVIII, with employer intimation to authorities within five days.
• Chapter IX covers retrenchment notice in Form XIX within three days of serving notice on the worker, and re-employment preference for retrenched workers within one year.
• Chapter X covers applications for permission for lay-off, retrenchment, and closure in Form XX with review disposal within two months.
• Chapter XI requires employers to transfer fifteen days of last drawn wages of each retrenched worker to the re-skilling fund within ten days of retrenchment, with disbursement to the worker within forty-five days.
• Chapter XII covers compounding of offences in Form XXI with deposit within fifteen days of notice.
• Chapter XIII covers protected workers, complaints in Form XXII, representative authorizations, and mandatory electronic maintenance of all records, registers, and notices required under the Code and these rules.