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The Industrial Relations (Gujarat) Rules, 2021

Rule 61. Criteria for recognition of trade union as Sole Negotiating union or Negotiating Council under section 14

Chapter XIII — Trade UnionsMade under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020No. KHR-2021-129-IDA-122020-539471-M(2), 5 Oct 2021

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Criteria for recognition of Sole Negotiating union or Negotiating Council under sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 14 shall be as follows, namely: -

(1.) A Trade Union claiming as sole negotiating union of the workers or for inclusion in a negotiating council shall apply to the industrial establishment along with list of its members of that particular establishment.

(2.) On receiving a claim from a registered trade union as mentioned in sub-rule (1), the verification of the same shall be carried out by the industrial establishment as specified in rule 61.

(3.) Where there is more than one trade union in an industrial establishment, a trade union claiming recognition shall have completed a period of six months after its registration. Where there is only one union, this condition would not apply. (4.) The membership of the trade union shall be counted only of those members who had paid their subscriptions for at least three months during the period of six months immediately preceding the reckoning.

Source: The Industrial Relations (Gujarat) Rules, 2021, No. KHR-2021-129-IDA-122020-539471-M(2) — Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part I-L, 5 October 2021 (as sent for publication), pp. 26–27 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 26 · official download · all sources

Text from the Labour and Employment Department's copy of the notification, as sent to the Government Central Press for publication in the Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part I-L, of 5 October 2021. Its last page (the end of the last Form, and the signature) is a scanned image, so it is not reproduced here; read it in the official PDF.