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Sundaram Textiles Ltd has 24 workers on its rolls at its Coimbatore unit. A worker alleges unfair denial of a shift allowance and wants to raise this individual grievance within the establishment. Under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, what is the position regarding a Grievance Redressal Committee?

Every industrial establishment employing twenty or more workers must have one or more Grievance Redressal Committees for individual grievances. Sundaram Textiles has 24 workers, so it must have one. The 100-worker threshold applies to Works Committees, not grievance committees.

  1. ANo committee is needed because the threshold is 100 workers
  2. BThe establishment must have one or more Grievance Redressal Committees as it employs twenty or more workersCorrect
  3. CA committee is needed only if the appropriate Government orders it
  4. DA committee is needed only if a registered trade union exists

Explanation

Section 4(1) requires every industrial establishment employing twenty or more workers to have one or more Grievance Redressal Committees. With 24 workers the threshold is met. The 100-worker threshold belongs to the Works Committee, which is also subject to a Government order, so option A is wrong.

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