07 Saturday Oct 2017
Posted in BSNLCCWF - Casual and Contract workers
The contract workers engaged in BSNL have not been paid the Bonus for this year. The plea that there are no funds is not tenable. Bonus is a right of the workers as per Bonus Act and BSNL is liable to pay it.
BSNL Casual and Contract Workers federation has taken up the case with the management. The BSNL Management should look in to the matter urgently and ensure that the same is paid early.
25 Monday Sep 2017
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Bonus is the deferred wage. There was no Bonus for government employees till 1977. Sustained struggles were fought by the Railways and Central government employees for Bonus, including the historic Railway Strike of 1974. It was only after the Janata Government came in to power that Bonus was granted.
The government has announced Bonus for Railway, Postal and other central establishments for 2017, though it is below the demand of the employees. But BSNL employees, who were central government employees earlier, have not been granted the same so far, despite demand from the unions. The Festival season has started and the delay in announcing the same is unjustified.
We demand the BSNL management to announce the Bonus for employees at the earliest.
03 Thursday Aug 2017
Posted in PSU
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Labour Department of Kerala LDF government has issued orders for payment of minimum bonus to the state PSU employees. Bonus will be 8.33% of the basic pay. This minimum bonus is applicable to all those workers getting pay up to 21,000. The order has been issued well in advance of Onam, the major festival of Kerala, so that the workers will get the Bonus in time.
Kerala Government is also trying to strengthen the state PSUs and make them profitable, which have all gone loss making during UDF rule.
10 Monday Oct 2016
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After much discussion and persuasion by BSNLEU and BSNLCCWF, orders have been issued for payment of bonus to regular employees and TSM/Casual labours on 07-10-2016. But no order has been issued for Bonus to contract workers engaged in BSNL. Contract workers are eligible for bonus as per labour laws. This has been brought to the notice of the BSNL Management several times.
We demand that BSNL management issue early orders for payment of bonus to the contract workers also.
03 Monday Oct 2016
Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Presidnt BSNLCCWF met Smt. Sujata Ray, Director (HR) BSNL on 3rd October 2016 and discussed issues of casual and contract workers including payment of bonus, Implementation of gratuity to casual workers, wages for the casual labour on the basis of government decision on VII CPC recommendations etc. Com.Namboodiri met Smt. Madhu Arora, GM (Estt.) also and discussed the same issues. Both of them assured that favourable action is being taken for settling the issues. With regard to the pay of casual labour, the Remuneration Committee is looking in to the matter. The gratuity issue will be put in the next board meeting, the date for which is yet to be fixed. It could not be discussed in the meeting held on 28th September.
23 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in General
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The Festival season is starting with Puja in the first week of October 2016. Other festivals follow for almost one month. Muharam is also coming. BSNL Employees, Casual and contract workers are waiting for the Bonus to be paid before the festival season.
The BSNL Management should take immediate action for the Bonus payment so that the employees, casual and contract workers get the same before the festival season.
01 Friday Apr 2016
Posted in General
Bonus has been denied to the BSNL employees for the last 3-4 years on the plea that the company is in loss. Bonus is the right of workers. It is deferred wage and can not be denied on one plea or another. The Central Government employees, P and T employees etc. got Bonus after prolonged struggles starting from the Bonus Convention in 1972 organised by the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers led by Coms. K.G.Bose, A.S.Rajan, N.J.Iyer, K.Adinarayana and other leaders. The great Railway Strike of 1974 clinched the issue. Though the Congress government continued to deny Bonus despite strong struggles, the favourable decision came after the Janata Government came to power in 1977. Since then, the central government employees are getting Bonus, including telecom employees. After formation of BSNL, on the demand of the BSNL Employees Union for “Bonus for All”, executives also started getting bonus.
BSNL is getting revived after much effort on the part of the workers and the management. Workers have to be motivated for further progress.
BSNL Management should take the correct decision by granting at least the minimum Bonus of Rs. 7,000, which it paid earlier. Further revival, more bonus can be paid. Any decision to fool the workers by throwing down some crumbs will have only strong reaction. We demand the management to be wise and take the correct decision.
23 Wednesday Dec 2015
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Lok Sabha has passed Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill 2015 yesterday increasing the eligibility limit for payment of Bonus from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000. The bonus calculation limit is also increased from the present Rs. 3,500 to Rs. 7,000. These will be implemented with retrospective effect from April 2014.
The Central Trade Unions have been demanding to increase the ceiling on both eligibility and calculation limits for the past few years.
19 Monday Oct 2015
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19 October, 2015:Massive Dharna demanding PLI (Bonus). Massive dharnas were organized in Circes / SSAs demanding payment of Productivity Linked Incentive (PLI) / Bonus to the BSNL employees and executives. The programme was organized as per the call of the Forum of BSNL Unions & Associations. At the Corporate Office premises, New Delhi, the dharna was participated by more than 500 employees. In addition from NTR and Corporate Office, comrades came in large numbers from Haryana and UP (West). The dharna was inaugurated by Com. V.A.N. Namboodiri, Patron, BSNLEU and was addressed by General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries of Unions and Associations. Com. Balbir Singh, President, BSNLEU, Com. K.G. Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA, Com. Islam Ahmed, President, NFTE, Com. Prahlad Rai, General Secretary, AIBSNLEA, Com. Aravind Dahiya, Joint Secretary, SNEA(I), Com. Suresh Kumar, General Secretary, BSNLMS, Com. Gautam, Dy. General Secretary, SNATTA and other leaders addressed.
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18 Sunday Oct 2015
Posted in BSNL News, BSNLCCWF - Casual and Contract workers, BSNLEU
The Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations have demanded that Adhoc Bonus be paid immediately to the BSNL employees, since the discussion on the PLI (Productivity Linked Incentive) is still not completed. The Navaratri has already started and Vijaya Dashami, Puja is on 22-23 October 2015. There is no further time to discuss and decide. It is therefore important that Adhoc Bonus be paid immediately.
The Bonus or PLI should be paid to the casual and contract workers also, who are the lowest paid in BSNL.
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