Dear All,
I am handling the Grievance Committee & Work Committees. Can anybody who is handling both committees explain to me what the difference is between them?
What kinds of things come under work committees? What kinds of issues come under GRC?
From India, Neemrana
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I am handling the Grievance Committee & Work Committees. Can anybody who is handling both committees explain to me what the difference is between them?
What kinds of things come under work committees? What kinds of issues come under GRC?
From India, Neemrana
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Dear Colleague,
In the case of a Works Committee, it is considered an authority that must be constituted with equal representatives from the Trade Union and Management. This committee's main purpose is to discuss and resolve any kind of industrial dispute on matters of common interest or concern, and to endeavor to resolve any significant differences of opinion concerning such matters to ensure cordial industrial relations. Similar to a Conciliation Officer with the power to intervene, this internal Works Committee focuses on discussing and mutually resolving any differences of opinion as the first remedy in-house, through bipartite discussions, before escalating to any external conciliation processes. It can address any matter of disagreement between employers and employees that may escalate into an industrial dispute, primarily handling collective disputes subjects and representing the interests of collective employees.
Regarding the Grievance Committee, it deals with individual disputes pertaining to single workers. For example, out of hundreds of workers, a grievance may relate to a single employee. The Grievance Settlement Authority follows a prescribed procedure to settle grievances on the shop floor. If settlement attempts fail internally, only then would the matter be referred to external bodies.
Kindly review:
CHAPTER II AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT 1947:
Works Committee:
In the case of any industrial establishment employing one hundred or more workers, the appropriate Government may mandate the employer to establish a Works Committee composed of representatives from both employers and workers. The number of worker representatives on the Committee should not be fewer than the employer representatives. Worker representatives are chosen from the establishment's workforce, in consultation with any registered trade unions under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926.
It is the Works Committee's responsibility to promote measures for fostering good relations between employers and workers, commenting on matters of common interest, and attempting to resolve any significant differences of opinion on such matters.
CHAPTER II-B REFERENCE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES TO GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITIES
Setting up of Grievance Settlement Authorities and reference of certain individual disputes to such authorities:
Employers in industrial establishments with fifty or more employees must establish a Grievance Settlement Authority for settling individual disputes connected to a specific worker. When such disputes arise, they can be referred to the Grievance Settlement Authority by the affected worker or their trade union, following prescribed procedures and timelines. No dispute referred to in this section can be escalated to Chapter III unless it has been first addressed by the relevant Grievance Settlement Authority, and the decision is not accepted by any involved party.
From India, Chennai
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321In the case of a Works Committee, it is considered an authority that must be constituted with equal representatives from the Trade Union and Management. This committee's main purpose is to discuss and resolve any kind of industrial dispute on matters of common interest or concern, and to endeavor to resolve any significant differences of opinion concerning such matters to ensure cordial industrial relations. Similar to a Conciliation Officer with the power to intervene, this internal Works Committee focuses on discussing and mutually resolving any differences of opinion as the first remedy in-house, through bipartite discussions, before escalating to any external conciliation processes. It can address any matter of disagreement between employers and employees that may escalate into an industrial dispute, primarily handling collective disputes subjects and representing the interests of collective employees.
Regarding the Grievance Committee, it deals with individual disputes pertaining to single workers. For example, out of hundreds of workers, a grievance may relate to a single employee. The Grievance Settlement Authority follows a prescribed procedure to settle grievances on the shop floor. If settlement attempts fail internally, only then would the matter be referred to external bodies.
Kindly review:
CHAPTER II AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT 1947:
Works Committee:
In the case of any industrial establishment employing one hundred or more workers, the appropriate Government may mandate the employer to establish a Works Committee composed of representatives from both employers and workers. The number of worker representatives on the Committee should not be fewer than the employer representatives. Worker representatives are chosen from the establishment's workforce, in consultation with any registered trade unions under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926.
It is the Works Committee's responsibility to promote measures for fostering good relations between employers and workers, commenting on matters of common interest, and attempting to resolve any significant differences of opinion on such matters.
CHAPTER II-B REFERENCE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES TO GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITIES
Setting up of Grievance Settlement Authorities and reference of certain individual disputes to such authorities:
Employers in industrial establishments with fifty or more employees must establish a Grievance Settlement Authority for settling individual disputes connected to a specific worker. When such disputes arise, they can be referred to the Grievance Settlement Authority by the affected worker or their trade union, following prescribed procedures and timelines. No dispute referred to in this section can be escalated to Chapter III unless it has been first addressed by the relevant Grievance Settlement Authority, and the decision is not accepted by any involved party.
From India, Chennai
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