Rule 5. Manner of choosing members from the employers and the workers for Grievance Redressal Committee under sub-section (2) of section 4

(1) The Grievance Redressal Committee shall consist of equal number of members representing the employer and the workers, which shall not exceed ten.

(2) The representatives of the employer shall be nominated by the employer and shall, as

(2) The representatives of the employer shall be nominated by the employer and shall, as far as may be possible, be officials in direct touch with or associated with the working of the industrial establishment, preferably the heads of major departments of the industrial establishment.

(3) The representatives of the workers shall be chosen by the registered Trade Union and where a negotiating Council exists, such representatives shall be chosen in the same proportion as the Trade Unions respectively represents in the negotiating Council. In case where there is no registered Trade union the member may be chosen by the workers of the establishment:

Provided that there shall be adequate representation of women workers in the Grievance Redressal Committee and such representation shall not be less than the proportion of women workers to the total workers employed in the industrial establishment:

Provided further that the tenure of the members of the Grievance Redressal Committee shall be co- terminus with the tenure of the members of the registered Trade Union.

Provided further that in the absence of registered Trade Union, the tenure of members of Grievance Redressal Committee shall be for a period of three years from the date of the constitution of the Grievance Redressal Committee.

(4) Where any workers of the industrial establishment are members of a registered Trade Union, the employer shall ask such Trade Union to inform him in writing as to – Page 5 of 52 (a) how many of the workers are members of such Trade Union;

(b) Where an employer has reason to believe that the information furnished to him under clause (a) by the registered Trade Union is false, he may, after informing such Trade Union, refer the matter to the Secretary (Labour) UT of Lakshadweep Administration who shall, after hearing the parties, shall decide the matter and his decision shall be final.