Industrial Relations Act, 2012 — section 53

53. National In dustr5ial Relations Commission..—(1) The Federal Government shall constitute a National Industrial Relations Commission.

(2)The Commission shall consist of not less than ten full time members, including the Chairman.

(3)the qualification for appointment as a member or as the Chairman or the Commission shall be such as may be prescribed.

(4)The Chairman and other members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Government in the prescribed manner.

(5)Two of the members shall be appointed in the prescribed manner to advise the Chairman, one to represent the employers and the other to represent trade unions and the federations of such trade unions.

(6)The Chairman of the Commission may, in addition to the representatives of workers appointed to the Commission, co-opt, in cases where the deems it necessary, from amongst workers belonging to federations such representatives of workers as the may deem fit.

(7)The worker’s representative co-opted under sub-section (6) shall be entitled to such honorarium as may be prescribed.