BSNL Management's decision to reduce the retirement age from the current 60 years to 58 years.
Hundreds of contract agents from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), who have been working with the organization for two or three decades, risk losing their jobs with management's decision to reduce the retirement age of employees. hired by the current 60 to 58.
The move will involve at least 10% of the total of 7,750 workers hired throughout the state, according to representatives of the Union of Casual Contract Workers of BSNL (CCLU).
Field workers
Most of the field workers, including those who perform important wiring work throughout the state, the house staff and the transport and data entry operators are now contractual, since the organization has not hired permanent staff in these areas. positions since the 80s.
As of 2012, an amendment to the agreement was made, through which contractual personnel were hired through a private agency. BSNL Contract Workers can Lose Hundreds of Jobs.
"Some subcontracted workers in some districts have already received communications about this, the administration here says that the measure is the one indicated by the corporate headquarters, the financial crisis that affected the company could be one of the reasons, Kerala was the cause." The only circle that has made a profit in recent years. However, the hired agents have not been paid wages in the last four months. Now, many of them will lose their jobs, "says a leader of BSLL CCLU.
Maintenance to hit
The representatives of the Union stated that the maintenance work will be affected when so many employees are forced to move.
"This must be seen together with the various plans of the central government to weaken the BSNL The council has already postponed the decision to lay off 54,000 employees until the Lok Sabha elections are over, and also proposes to reduce the retirement age of employees. indefinitely from 60 to 58. All these measures were taken to gradually dismantle the organization.Most of these contracted agents worked for the organization for more than thirty years, however, they would not obtain any additional dividend when requested. Go early, for most of them it would be difficult to get a job in any other sector now, "says a union representative.
Hundreds of contract agents from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), who have been working with the organization for two or three decades, risk losing their jobs with management's decision to reduce the retirement age of employees. hired by the current 60 to 58.
The move will involve at least 10% of the total of 7,750 workers hired throughout the state, according to representatives of the Union of Casual Contract Workers of BSNL (CCLU).
Field workers
Most of the field workers, including those who perform important wiring work throughout the state, the house staff and the transport and data entry operators are now contractual, since the organization has not hired permanent staff in these areas. positions since the 80s.
"Some subcontracted workers in some districts have already received communications about this, the administration here says that the measure is the one indicated by the corporate headquarters, the financial crisis that affected the company could be one of the reasons, Kerala was the cause." The only circle that has made a profit in recent years. However, the hired agents have not been paid wages in the last four months. Now, many of them will lose their jobs, "says a leader of BSLL CCLU.
Maintenance to hit
The representatives of the Union stated that the maintenance work will be affected when so many employees are forced to move.
"This must be seen together with the various plans of the central government to weaken the BSNL The council has already postponed the decision to lay off 54,000 employees until the Lok Sabha elections are over, and also proposes to reduce the retirement age of employees. indefinitely from 60 to 58. All these measures were taken to gradually dismantle the organization.Most of these contracted agents worked for the organization for more than thirty years, however, they would not obtain any additional dividend when requested. Go early, for most of them it would be difficult to get a job in any other sector now, "says a union representative.
