Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki is likely to return to normal operations as agitating workers have signed a fresh comprehensive agreement with the management, which has agreed to take back majority of the 94 suspended staff. Softening its stand, the Maruti management has also decided in principle to re-employ 1,100 contract workers in phases, which had been the main trigger for the latest strike at the country’s largest carmaker.

Maruti will form two new forums under the Industrial Disputes Act within the Manesar plant — Grievances Redressal Committee & Labour Welfare Committee — that will take stock of all micro issues within the plant on a periodic basis. This new initiative aims to improve communication with the workers and also look into the issues raised inside the plant. As per the new agreement, Maruti will take back 64 employees, and the rest of the 30 permanent staff facing serious charges will face a time-bound inquiry. The management plans to complete inquiry against all the 30 employees in the next 10 working days to maintain a congenial atmosphere within the factory and gain confidence in its industrial policies