The airline has begun the paperwork on levying “harm prices’’ on staff who proceed to stay within the airline quarters and those that vacated the quarters put up July 31, 2022, mentioned sources. “Other than the penal lease which is double the market fee, that’s charged with retrospective impact from August 1, 2022 onwards, Air India, on orders from the central authorities, will deduct a sum of Rs 10- Rs 15 lakh, in the direction of harm prices from every colony worker,” the supply added.
George Abraham, common secretary, Aviation Business Workers Guild mentioned: “The deductions are blatantly unlawful and completely merciless. Workers will hardly earn any wage for the work performed. That is an unprecedented act by a authorities in utter disregard to the courts, to the legislation and all laid down norms of company governance.” Air India refused to remark.
The airline employees quarters weren’t a part of the privatisation deal and was transferred to Air India Asset Holding Ltd, a government-owned particular goal car set as much as deal with non-core property and 75% of Air India’s debt.
The ministry of civil aviation had set a deadline of July 26, 2022, six months from the date of disinvestment, for workers to vacate the employees quarters. Workers, by way of their unions, moved the excessive courts of Bombay and Delhi with petitions praying that they be allowed to reside within the employees quarters until the time they’re employed with the airline. Late final yr, the Bombay Excessive court docket ordered Air India to method the Central Authorities Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) to resolve the problem.
“The airline hasn’t approached the CGIT but. As an alternative it began deducting penal lease. December wage was lower by 75%. As soon as the penal lease assortment is full, the `harm prices’ shall be deducted. It’s set at Rs 10 lakh for a lot of the staffers residing in Delhi and for these residing in Mumbai its both Rs 10 lakh or Rs 15 lakh, relying on the pay scale, kind of lodging allotted to them,” mentioned an airline official, requesting anonymity.
For example: an Air India worker vacating the quarters in January finish shall be charged six months’ price of penal lease for occupying the premises between August 2022 and January 2023 and thereafter a harm cost of Rs 10-15 lakh. “For individuals who retire or get terminated, the quantity shall be recovered from their retirement/service advantages,” he added.
