Which one of the following is not an unfair labour practice ?
Going on unauthorised leave
Option 4 — Going on unauthorised leave is correct (it is NOT an unfair labour practice).
The Fifth Schedule of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 lists the unfair labour practices (ULPs) on the part of both employers and workmen/unions. On the workmen's side, coercive and violent acts are treated as ULPs because they distort the free process of collective bargaining and industrial relations.
Using force to prevent workers from attending work (option 1), staging demonstrations at the residences of managerial staff (option 2, i.e. gherao at homes) and wilful damage to the employer's property (option 3) are all expressly listed as unfair labour practices by trade unions or workmen.
Going on unauthorised leave, however, is an act of individual indiscipline or misconduct handled through the standing orders and disciplinary procedure — it is a breach of service rules, not a listed unfair labour practice affecting collective industrial relations.
Takeaway: ULPs target coercive collective conduct; ordinary absenteeism is misconduct, not an unfair labour practice.
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