Committees · Industrial Relations Code
Grievance Redressal Committee
- All the time
- Employer
What to do
Have one or more Grievance Redressal Committees to resolve disputes arising out of individual grievances s. 4(1), with equal numbers of members representing the employer and the workers, not more than ten members in all rule 6(1).
Who it applies to
Every industrial establishment employing twenty or more workers s. 4(1).
In the checklist: Grievance Redressal Committee.
When
All the time. Members serve for three years rule 6(4).
How
Nominate the employer’s representatives from officials in direct touch with the working of the establishment, preferably the heads of major departments rule 6(2).
The workers’ representatives are nominated by the negotiating union or council, or chosen by the workers where there is none; you may provide an electronic platform for choosing them rule 6(3).
Women workers must be represented at least in proportion to their share of the workforce s. 4(4), proviso.
The chairperson is chosen from the employer’s and the workers’ representatives alternately, on rotation every year s. 4(3).
A worker may apply to the committee within one year of the cause of action, and the committee may complete its proceedings within thirty days of the application s. 4(5)–(6).