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Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) The labour department of Tamil Nadu government may decide on the reinstatement of 35 dismissed workers of Hyundai Motor India in the next few days.
Both the Hyundai Motor India Employees Union (HMIEU) and the Hyundai Motor India have submitted their views on the issue to a review committe.

“Two members representing the management submitted their views on Aug 11. The two officials of labour commissioner office have asked time till Aug 18 to study the submissions and arrive at a conclusion,” HMIEU President Edison Periera told IANS.

To end the workers strike demanding reinstatement of 67 dismissed employees, the management and HMIEU had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in June in the presence of Labour Minister T.M. Anbarasan.

As per the MoU, a six-member review committee with two representatives from the union, company management and labour commissioner office was constituted to consider the reinstatement of 35 dismissed employees on a case-by-case basis. The remaining 32 dismissed workers have to seek legal recourse.

Production at Hyundai Motor India came to a halt in June after workers went on sit-in strike demanding reinstatement of all the dismissed workers and recognition of their union.

According to Perira, the majority decision of the review committee will be binding on the two parties to the dispute - HMIEU and Hyundai Motor India.

However, the decision may get postponed if the representatives of the labour commissioner office seek some more time to look into the issue at the Aug 18 meeting of the committee.

Hyundai Motor has around 1,650 permanent workers, 2,000 causal labourers, 1,500 apprentices, 1,000 trade apprentices and 1,200 technical trainees.