Rule 18. (1). Matters to be negotiated by a negotiating Union or negotiating Counsel in an industrial establishment under sub-section (1) of section 14

(1) There shall be a negotiating Union or negotiating Counsel as the case may be in an industrial establishment having registered Trade Union for negotiating with the employer of the industrial establishment on the following matters: -1. Classification of workers, whether permanent, temporary, apprentices, probationers, badlis or fixed term employment; 2. Manner of intimating to workers periods and hours of work, holidays, pay-days and wage rates; 3. Shift working; 4. Attendance and late coming; 5. Conditions of, procedure in applying for, and the authority which may grant leave and holidays; 6. Requirement to enter premises by certain gates, and liability to search; 7. Closing and reporting of Sections of the industrial establishment, temporary stoppages of work and the rights and liabilities of the employer and workers arising there-from; 8. Termination of employment, and the notice thereof to be given by employer and workers; 9. Suspension or dismissal for misconduct, and acts or omissioPnasg e w9 hoifc 5h2 constitute misconduct; 10. Means of redress for workers against unfair treatment or wrongful exactions by the employer or his agents or servants; 11. Any other matter which may be specified by the appropriate Government by notification.

(2) Criteria to recognize Trade Union as sole negotiating Union of the workers under sub-section (2) of section 14.- Where only one Trade Union of workers registered under the provisions of this Code is functioning in an industrial establishment, then, the employer of such industrial establishment shall recognize such Trade Union as sole negotiating Union of the workers subject to the criteria that Trade Union should have fifty-one per cent or more workers of the total employees of the industrial establishment as its member as verified by a committee consisting of equal number of members from the management of establishment and the members of the registered Trade Unions functioning in that establishment, supporting that Trade Union shall be recognized by the employer of the industrial establishment, as the sole negotiating Union of the workers.

(3) Verification of a Trade Union by the employer of the industrial establishment under sub-section (3) and sub-section (4) of section 14.-

(a). If more than one Trade Union of workers registered under this Code are functioning in an industrial establishment, then, the Trade Union having fifty-one per cent or more workers on the muster roll of that industrial establishment, after duly verified by a committee consisting of equal number of members from the management of establishment and the members of the registered Trade Unions functioning in that establishment, supporting that Trade Union shall be recognized by the employer of the industrial establishment, as the sole negotiating union of the workers;

(b). If after verification as mentioned in clause (a), it is established that no such Trade Union has fifty-one per cent or more of workers on the muster roll of that industrial establishment, then, there shall be constituted by the employer of the industrial establishment, a negotiating Council for negotiation on the matters referred to in sub- rule (1) consisting of the representatives of such registered Trade Unions which have the support of not less than twenty per cent of the total workers on the muster roll of that industrial establishment so verified and such representation shall be of one representative for each twenty per cent and for the remainder after calculating the membership on each twenty per cent.

Provided that an employee can be a member to only one Trade Union at a particular time.

(4) Facilities to be provided by the Industrial Establishment under sub sectionP 7a g oe f 1s0e co tf i o5n2 14.- The industrial establishment shall provide following facilities to a negotiating union or negotiating council :-(i) Office accommodation either inside or outside the company premises;

(ii) May declare the executive members of the negotiating Trade Union and members of the negotiating Council as protected workers.