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Contractual, Casual Staff will be Paid wages during COVID 19 Lockdown Period

28 Saturday Mar 2020

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Govt of India, Ministry of Finance has issued orders that contractual, casual and outsourced staff required to stay at home in view of Lock Down will be treated as ‘duty’ and payment made. BSNL should immediately pay the contract workers their wages at present as of the past one year. Order is given below:

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Contractual, casual and outsourced staff is required to stay at home in view of lockdown order regarding COVID-19 prevention and they shall be treated as “on duty” during such period of absence and necessary pay/wages would be paid accordingly

F.No.23(4)/E.Coord/2020/1
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 23.03.2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Payment of wages to outsourced persons of Ministries / Departments and other organizations of Government of India during lockdown period due to COVID-19

As part of social distancing and isolation measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country, various State/UT Governments have announced lockdown at different places. Instructions have been separately issued by DOP&T regarding maintenance of essential services in Ministries / Departments.

Due to these measures, there is a likelihood of a number of contractual, casual and outsourced staff such as house-keeping staff etc. being required to stay at home, which under normal circumstances would result in deduction in their pay/wages. In order to avoid any undue hardships under the prevailing extraordinary circumstances, it has been decided that wherever any such contractual, casual and outsourced staff of Ministries / Departments and other organizations of Government of India, is required to stay at home in view of lockdown order regarding COVID-19 prevention, as announced by various States /UT Governments, they shall be treated as “on duty” during such period of absence and necessary pay/wages would be paid accordingly.

These instructions shall also apply to Attached/Subordinate Offices, Autonomous / Statutory Bodies of Government of India.

These instructions shall apply till 30th April, 2020.

BSNL asks circle to provide details of casual labour.

30 Tuesday Oct 2018

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BSNLCCWF has been continuously pressing the BSNL management to ensure the provisions under the rules of the land to the casual labour engaged in the BSNL and who have been denied minimum wage as per VII CPC, gratuity, regularisation etc. After the strikes and agitations, CLC has also intervened.

As a result,now the BSNL Management has directed the circles vide letter dated 26-102018 to provide all the information regarding the casual labour and TSM pointing out that the lot of casual labours need to be properly regulated to meet the statutory and legal issues.

Circle Secretaries are requested to meet the CGMs and ensure that the details are furnished to the corporate office at the earliest. The help of circle secretaries of BSNLEU is to be sought for this.

BSNLCCWF – Hunger Strike will be on 5th October in Kerala.

27 Thursday Sep 2018

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The Hunger Strike decided for 28th September 2018 on the major demands of the Casual and Contract workers in BSNL will be organised in Kerala on 5th October 2018. This decision has been taken due to various reasons.

Comrades are requested to organise the same effectively in all centres.

Hunger Strike on 28th September by Casual Contract workers.

25 Tuesday Sep 2018

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As per the decisions of the CEC meeting of BSNLCCWF held at Delhi on 6th September 2018, Hunger Strike with massive participation will be held at SSA level to compel the BSNL Management and the government to concede the fully justified demands of workers already submitted to the management.

Make the programme a big success through large scale participation.

CEC meeting of BSNLCCWF held at K.G. Bose Bhawan on 6th Sept. 2018

08 Saturday Sep 2018

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The Central Executive Committee meeting of BSNL Casual Contract Workers Federation (BSNL CCWF), held at K.G. Bose Bhawan on 6th September, 2018. On 5th September the open session held at CTO Sabhagarh in presence of good gathering of general members who came from the nook and corner of the country. Delegates came from 16 circles and participated in the discussion of CEC meeting at K.G. Bose Bhawan. 26 CHQ office bearers and circle Secretaries attended the meeting. Com. V.A.N. Namboodiri presided over the meeting and com. Animesh Mitra placed the draft report for discussion. Com. Tapas Banarjee, Finance Secretary, reported the financial position particularly the subscription collection from the circles for the year 2015, 2016 & 2017. After threadbare discussion  trade union action programme has adopted in the CEC meeting: (BSNLCCWF Website)

 

Important Supreme Court Judgment on Regularisation of Casual labour

10 Friday Aug 2018

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The Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal nos. 7423- 7429 of 2018 in Narendra Kumar Tiwari vs. The State of Jharkhand has delivered a very important judgment on 1st August 2018 with regard to the regularisation of the casual labours.  This was an appeal by a casual labour of the State Government of Jharkhand against the decision of the judgment of the High Court of Jharkhand denying regularisation on the basis of the Karnataka and others vs Umadevi judgment.

The Supreme Court in its order has stated as follows: “Under the circumstances,we are of the view that the Regularisation Rules must be given a pragmatic interpretation and the appellants, if they have completed 10 years of service on the date of promulgation of the Regularisation Rules, ought to be given the benefit of service rendered by them. If they have completed 10 years of service, they should be regularised unless there is some valid objections to regularisation like misconduct etc.” The full text of the judgment is being published in the bsnlccwf website, bsnlccwf.in

This gives a fair interpretation of the earlier SC judgment denying regularisation. BSNLCCWF has already taken note of the judgment and will decide future course of action in this matter.

BSNLCCWF meeting with Labour Commissioner on 22nd March 2018

24 Saturday Mar 2018

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As scheduled in the last meeting held on 22nd February 2018, a meeting was held between BSNLCCWF and Labour Commissioner in Delhi on 22.03.2018 and discussion held. It is stated by the leaders that after instructions from labour commissioner, the BSNL Management has not implemented the Gazette Notification for the contract workers throughout the country except few circles. Leaders of BSNLCCWF have lodged a complaint before the labour commission that though the BSNL Management has endorsed the Gazette Notification revised wages for the contract labourers but at the same time, the management has issued the order for 50% curtailment of the contract labourers to minimize the expenditure. It is also mentioned that social security measures like EPF, ESI, Gratuity has not been implemented. Further, they have also taken a negative stand to implement the 7th CPC for the casual labourers wages. He has ordered the management to give a specific reply on writing on the issues of the 7th CPC recommendation for the casual labourers. The Labour commissioner also slapped the BSNL Management on the issue of regularization and the gratuity for the casual and contract workers. Labour commissioner has remarked in the discussion that Uma Devi Judgement should not misuse to harass the casual and contract workers. In reply, on behalf of the BSNL Management, has submitted the written statement before the ALC(C) regarding the agenda of BSNL Casual and Contract workers where in it is stated that the revision of the wages of the Casual Labour will be determined at the time of 3rd PRC on which leaders of the BSNLCCWF has strong protest for this delay practice of the management. Com Animesh Mitra, Secretary General, BSNLCCWF and Tapas Kumar Ghosh, Working President was present in the meeting and 5 officers of BSNL were present in the meeting. After hearing, ALC(C) has advised to the Federation to give the reply of the statement of the BSNL Management earliest so that a decision can be taken by BSNL in the next meeting which will be fixed on 27.04.2018.(BSNLCCWF Website)

BSNL should ensure Bonus to the Contract workers

07 Saturday Oct 2017

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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.

CEC Meeting of BSNLCCWF at Meerut

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

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An important CEC Meeting of the BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation will be held at Meerut on 22-23 July 2017. There is a big agenda before the meeting. Implementation of Minimum Wage and social security measures life EPF, ESI etc. are some of the most important items. Despite several acts of the Parliament, Government orders and BSNL orders, these are not fully implemented so far. The Contractors and some of the corrupt officers are exploiting the contract workers, denying them due wage etc.

Another issue is about the regularisation of the casual contract workers. On the plea of a Supreme Court order, regularisation is being denied since 2006. A serious struggle will be required in the matter.

Reception Committee members under the leadership of Coms. Upender Singh, Circle Secretary BSNLEU, Ansar Ali, Circle President BSNLCCWF, Naresh Pal, Circle secretary BSNLCCWF and other senior leaders, all preparations for the conduct of the CEC is being arranged.

Payment of Wages to contract workers in Jharkhand – Dy. CLC decision.

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

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I am herewith quoting a report received from Com. Naresh Lal, CS, BSNLEU Jharkhand and leader of BSNLCCWF on a successful negotiation on the payment of wages to contract workers. The Dy CLC directed the BSNL management to pay Rs. 60,24,282 as wages to workers within three months. Our Hearty congratulations to the workers and leaders of Jharkhand.

“On 23.06.2017 a tripartie meeting held in the chamber of the Dy CLC(Central) Dhanbad amongst BSNL Dainik Bhogi Mazdoor Sangh Jharkhand
under leadership of Com Bhawan Singh the President of Union, BSNL Management Jharkhand represented by the Superintending Engineer
(Electrical) and Executive Engineer (Electrial) and the Labour Department.
This meeting was held to decide wage payment and also less wage payment to contract workers in Electrical wing in Jharkhand .
A claim for Rs. 60,24,282/- (Sixty lac twenty four thousand two hundred and eighty two) was raised for which management wanted a time slot for six months which was denied by the Dy CLC and granted three months to pay wage arrears and also difference of already paid less wage . Retrenchment two workers in Ranchi SSA was also raised which could not be discussed because non representation of the GMT BSNL Ranchi SSA. For this another date ,10.07.2017 , was fixed with intimation to the GMT Ranchi SSA .”