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CHAPTER III.doc
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16.12.11
Industrial Relations Rules, 1977
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[CHAPTER III
PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE 
1=   Chapter   III   (Rule   19
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34)   was   substituted   for   the   original   chapter   by   Notification   No.   SRO.   405
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L/80/LIWVII/1/(7)/79 dated 25.11.1980 and published in Bangladesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated 25.11.1980
19.    Constitution  of  Participation  Committee.
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(1)  On  receipt  of  an  order  under  sub
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section  (1)  of 
section 24, an employer shall forthwith proceed to constitute the participation committee.
(2) The  number  of  members constituting  such 
committee shall  not be  less than 6 and
more  than  30 
and shall be so fixed by the employer in consultation with the collective bargaining agent, if any, 
andthe  Director  of  Labour  as  to  afford  representation  to  the  various  categories,  groups  and  classes  of 
workmen engaged in, and to the section, shop or department of, the establishment :
Provided  that  the  head  of  the  department  or  section  of  an  establishment,  and  where  there  is  no 
such  head  of  department  or  section,  the  officer  in  charge  of  that  department  or  section  shall  be  the 
representative of the employer in the committee for that establishment.
20. Nomination of representatives by the collective bargaining agent.
In an establishment where thereis  a  collective  bargaining  agent,  such  agent  shall    communicate  the  names  and                        particulars  of  the representatives of the workmen on the Participation Committee to the employer within ten days of the
 dateof receipt of a request from him in this behalf.
21.    Publication  of  names  of  the  representatives  on  the  Participation  Committee.–
Within  7(seven)  days  of  the  receipt  of  nominations  from  the  collective  bargaining  agent,  the  employer  shall 
constitute the  Participation Committee by a notice to be  hung  on the notice board and furnish copies
thereof to the collectivebargaining agent under intimation to the Director of Labour :
Provided  that  the  collective  bargaining  agent  may  make  fresh  nominations  in  respect  of  any 
representatives  of  the  workmen  on  the  Participation  Committee  at  any  subsequent  time  where  the 
collective   bargaining   agent   has   reason   to   believe   that   any   such   representative   has   lost   his 
representative  character  and  the  employer  shall,  with  seven  days  of  receipt  of  such  nomination, 
reconstitute the Participation Committee with such new representative.
22.Constitution of Participation Committee where there is no collective bargaining agent.
-In an establishment where there is no collective bargaining agent, the employer within 15 days of receipt 
ofthe  order  under  subsection  (1)  of  Section  24  inform  the  Director  of  Labour  to  this  effect  and 
thereafter  the  Director  of  Labour  shall  direct  the  employer  to  hold  election  for  choosing  workmen’s 
representatives  on  the  Participation  Committee  within  one  month  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  suchdirection. 
23.      Qualifications   of   candidates   for   election   as   a   representative   of   the   Participation Committee.–
Any  workman  of  not  less    than  21  years  of  age  and  with  service  of  not  less  than  one year  in  the  establishment  may  be  a  candidate  for  election  by  secret  ballot  as  a  representative  of  the 
workmen on the Participation Committee :
Provided  that    the  service  qualification  shall  not  apply  to  the  first  election  in  an  establishment 
which has been in existence for less than a year.
24.  Qualification of voters.–
All workmen, other than casual and badli workmen, who have put not less  than  3  month's  service  in  the  establishment
 shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  the  election  of  the representatives of the workmen.
25.  Procedure  for  election.–
(1)  For  the  purpose  of  election  by  secret  ballot  to  choose  therepresentatives  of  workmen,  the  employer  shall,
 by  notice  affixed  to  the  notice  board  and  by  giving 
 
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