Mechanism to dispute Resolution

A security guard in Vashi is dismissed after ten years. He cannot afford a lawyer and the High Court is far away. Does he have anywhere to go? The Industrial Relations Code builds a ladder for exactly this worker: first a committee inside the company, then a government conciliator, then a Tribunal that can order his job back. Which rung do you climb first, and how long do you have?

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The Industrial Relations Code 2020 resolves industrial disputes through a ladder of forums: bi-partite committees inside the establishment (Works Committee and Grievance Redressal Committee), conciliation by a government conciliation officer, voluntary arbitration, and adjudication by the Industrial Tribunal or National Industrial Tribunal, with strikes and lock-outs tightly regulated while the process runs.

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