Industrial Relations Act, 2012 — section 20

20. Functions of the Collective Bargaining Agent..—(1) The collective bargaining agent in relation to an establishment or group of establishments shall be entitled to

(a)undertake collective bargaining with the employer or employers on matters connected with employment, non-employment, the term of employment or the conditions of work other than matters which relate to the enforcement of any right guaranteed or secured to it or any workman by or under any law, other than this Act, or any award or settlement;

(b)represent all or any of the workmen in any matter or judicial proceedings under this Act;

(c)give notice of, and declare, a strike in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and

(d)nominate representatives of workmen on the Board of Trustees of any welfare institutions or Provident Funds and of the Workers Participation Fund established under the Companies Profits (Workers Participation) Act, 1968 (XII of 1968).

(2)A collective bargaining agent may, without prejudice to its own position, implead as a party to any proceedings under this Act to which it is itself a party or any federation of trade unions of which it is a member.