Publish Date: | Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:12 AM (IST)
Bhilai. The National Joint Committee for Steel (NJCS) meeting between the management and central trade unions to be held in Delhi on February 24 has a long list of issues ranging from pay scale gratuity perks classification to 39 months arrears. Looking at the present circumstances, once again doubts are visible on the outcome of the meeting.
Where employees are still suffering the loss of low increments due to limited scale. At the same time, due to the lack of new grades, now they are forced to spend more than 12 years without promotion. In January, the NJCS meeting could not be held in view of the corona infection.
At the same time, in the month of December, the management kept silent on most of the matters. Where the discussion on the matters decided in the MoU has not started. At the same time, there is also a big issue like gratuity ceiling. Along with this, a decision is yet to be taken on the house rent allowance. In such a situation, more than solving the issues, the aim of the management will be to cultivate the remaining two unions. The two unions have still not agreed on the MoU.
The labor union has not yet signed the agreement made in SAIL on the wage settlement in October, while the management has also obtained approval from the Ministry of Steel, implementing the agreement on a majority basis. Considering the attitude of the employees at the grassroots level, these two unions will not be in a hurry to sign, but a large workforce is pressurizing these trade unions to go to court. After the gratuity ceiling, three labor organizations who signed the agreement have come on the backfoot.
Less likely to discuss gratuity ceiling
In the NJCS meeting to be held on 24th, there is little hope of any discussion from the management on the limited gratuity as this decision has been taken by the management outside the NJCS agreement and the agenda of the meeting is to resolve the points out of the MoU. limited to. In such a situation, like in the previous meeting, this time also, there is a possibility of the management keeping silence on this issue.
Emphasis on open ended scale
The senior employees of SAIL are pressurizing the trade unions to implement Open Aided Scale first. Where on one hand management has implemented limited scale one sided provisionally. After which the employees are facing huge financial losses and limited annual growth. About 10,000 senior employees will be directly benefited if the open-ended pay scale is implemented.
Tax hit on perks
In this meeting, if the classification of employees’ perks is decided and along with it, a decision is taken on uniform, mill voucher, housing allowance perks, then the employees may get some indirect financial benefit, as long as the classification of 26.5 percent allowance to the employees. Otherwise, the employees will have to bear the heavy burden of tax.
It will be our endeavor that all the pending matters of the employees are resolved. In the meeting, the unilateral decision taken by the management on limited gratuity will be opposed. Our demand will be that gratuity should be open aided scale. Vinod Kumar Soni, Member NJCS
Posted By: Nai Dunia News Network