Obligation : To constitute a Works Committee consisting of representatives of the Employer and Workmen
Type:Preventive Compliance
Frequency: Annual
Action to be taken:
If the Industrial Establishment has employed > 150 workmen on any day in the preceding 12 months, the appropriate government may by general or special order, require an employer to constitute a Works Committee.The committee should contain an equal number of representatives of both the employer and the workmen. The representatives of the workmen shall be chosen in the prescribed manner, and only from the workmen working in the establishment.
Audit Requirement: Has a Works Committee been constituted where required to do so by the appropriate government by a special or general order ?
Supporting Documents: Written Confirmation of Compliance
Related Sections:
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Chapter:Authorities under this Act|3:Works Committee:
(1) In the case of any industrial establishment in which one hundred or more workmen are employed or have been employed on any day in the preceding twelve months the appropriate Government may by general or special order require the employer to constitute in the prescribed manner a Works Committee consisting of representatives of employers and workmen engaged in the establishment so however that the number of representatives of workmen on the Committee shall not be less than the number of representatives of the employer. The representatives of the workmen shall be chosen in the prescribed manner from among the workmen engaged in the establishment and in consultation with their trade union, if any, registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926).
(2) It shall be the duty of the Works Committee to promote measures for securing and preserving amity and good relations between the employer and workmen and, to that end, to comment upon matters of their common interest or concern and endeavour to compose any material difference of opinion in respect of such matters.
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 
