Rule 16. Matters on which negotiating union or negotiating council, as the case may be, in an industrial establishment may negotiate with the employer of the industrial establishment under sub-section (1) and the criteria to be followed by the employer of industrial establishment under sub-section (2) of section 14

(1). The matters pertaining to workers which the negotiating union or the negotiating council, as the case may be, shall negotiate with the employer of the industrial establishment under sub-section (1) of section 14 are specified, as below: -(a) Classification of grades and categories of workers;

(b) order passed by an employer under the standing orders applicable in the industrial establishment;

(c) wages of the workers including their wage period, dearness allowance, bonus, increment, customary concession or privileges, compensatory and other allowances;

(d) hours of work of the workers, rest days, number of working days in a week, rest intervals, working of shifts;

(e) leave with wages and holidays;

(f) promotion and transfer policy and disciplinary procedures;

(g) quarter allotment policy for workers;

(h) safety, health and working conditions and related standards;

(i) such matters pertaining to conditions of service and terms of employment of the workers which are not covered in the foregoing clauses; and

(j) any other matter which is agreed between employer of the industrial establishment and negotiating union or negotiating council, as the case may be.

(2). In case where an industrial establishment has only one registered Trade Union, the employer of such industrial establishment shall recognize such registered Trade union as sole negotiating union, only if at the time of initiation of negotiation, 30% or more of the total workers of the industrial establishment is the member of that registered Trade Union.