1. Every industrial establishment employing twenty or more workmen shall have one or more Grievance Redressal Committee for the resolution of disputes arising out of individual grievances.
2. The Grievance Redressal Committee shall consist of equal number of members from the employer and the workmen.
3. The chairperson of the Grievance Redressal Committee shall be selected from the employer and from among the workmen alternatively on rotation basis every year.
4. The total number of members of the Grievance Redressal Committee shall not exceed more than six:
Provided that there shall be, as far as practicable, one woman member if the Grievance Redressal Committee has two members and in case the number of members are more than two, the number of women members may be increased proportionately.
5. The Grievance Redressal Committee may complete its proceedings within forty-five days on receipt of a written application by or on behalf of the aggrieved party.
Kindly note in the above provision where the required 20 number is the workman but to an employee. So employees must be excluded here. Please see section 2(s) of the ID Act for the definition of workman.
Regards
Dr. Navin Kumar Koodamara
Faculty of Law and Management, Manipal Institute of Management
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Udupi
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