Odisha: Sanitation staff demand arrears, wages

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Amid allegations of poor waste administration within the City, protest by a bit of sanitation staff engaged by non-public businesses demanding arrears and wage as per norms of labour regulation together with EPF advantages has emerged as a priority for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). 

The sanitation staff, who had boycotted work and staged protest on September 22 and 23, held a gathering on Monday and determined to take the authorized route if the businesses involved don’t deal with their grievances. They additionally threatened to boycott work as soon as once more. Khurda district contractual sanitation staff affiliation president Mohan Nayak alleged that as an alternative of paying day by day wages to staff as per the labour regulation some sanitation businesses have been paying round Rs 90 to Rs 100 much less. However, after protest they began paying the wage as per norms in August. 

Nayak additional alleged whereas the fee isn’t common, many sanitation staff wouldn’t have EPF accounts. He stated the employees are being paid Rs 96 lower than the day by day wage of Rs 326. Hundreds of members of the affiliation have been protesting over this challenge. They had even stopped sanitation service in 5 wards after which the 2 corporators and officers of the non-public sanitation businesses reached out to them and warranted to resolve the matter, sources stated. 

Nayak, in the meantime, stated that the employees will probably be pressured to lodge FIR in opposition to the businesses involved in the event that they fail to clear the arrears of the sanitation staff and don’t pay wages or lengthen EPF profit as per regulation. 
An official from one of many sanitation businesses, nevertheless, stated that the matter has now been resolved following their dialogue with the employees. 

BHUBANESWAR: Amid allegations of poor waste administration within the City, protest by a bit of sanitation staff engaged by non-public businesses demanding arrears and wage as per norms of labour regulation together with EPF advantages has emerged as a priority for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). 

The sanitation staff, who had boycotted work and staged protest on September 22 and 23, held a gathering on Monday and determined to take the authorized route if the businesses involved don’t deal with their grievances. They additionally threatened to boycott work as soon as once more. Khurda district contractual sanitation staff affiliation president Mohan Nayak alleged that as an alternative of paying day by day wages to staff as per the labour regulation some sanitation businesses have been paying round Rs 90 to Rs 100 much less. However, after protest they began paying the wage as per norms in August. 

Nayak additional alleged whereas the fee isn’t common, many sanitation staff wouldn’t have EPF accounts. He stated the employees are being paid Rs 96 lower than the day by day wage of Rs 326. Hundreds of members of the affiliation have been protesting over this challenge. They had even stopped sanitation service in 5 wards after which the 2 corporators and officers of the non-public sanitation businesses reached out to them and warranted to resolve the matter, sources stated. 

Nayak, in the meantime, stated that the employees will probably be pressured to lodge FIR in opposition to the businesses involved in the event that they fail to clear the arrears of the sanitation staff and don’t pay wages or lengthen EPF profit as per regulation. 
An official from one of many sanitation businesses, nevertheless, stated that the matter has now been resolved following their dialogue with the employees.