India, March 18 -- The state government plans to set up a dedicated tribunal to address grievances of IT employees, labour minister Akash Fundkar informed the state assembly on Wednesday.

"The proposal is being processed under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, and the state will move to establish the tribunal after receiving guidelines from the Centre," Fundkar said while responding to a question raised by MLA Shankar Jagtap from Chinchwad.

The issue was raised through a calling attention motion by Jagtap, who highlighted growing concerns among IT professionals in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad-two of the state's key IT hubs.

Currently, due to the absence of a dedicated mechanism, IT employees are forced to approach labour or industrial ...