The terminated employees of Tata Communications Ltd (TCL) have approached the Telecommunication Ministry and the Telecom Commission, seeking reinstatement.
“The axed employees belonged to former Navratna VSNL (which was acquired by the Tatas), and worked sincerely though denied increment for the last 8-10 years. They are in their 50s and are receiving a salary between Rs.10 lakh and Rs.20 lakh annually. The management says that these engineers are a burden while they themselves continue to draw wages in crores,” said Jaimini Padhi, Executive Member, All India VSNL/ TCL Employees’ Association in a letter to Communications Minister Milind Doera.
“I request you to restrain TCL management from unilaterally issuing termination letters. They can talk to the employees who are willing to leave the job if they are paid at least half the pay for their remaining years of service,” Mr. Padhi said in his letter.
Mr. Deora’s office has received this letter, and the minister has asked his Additional Private Secretary to look into the matter.
In a recent letter to employees, Tata Communications Managing Director Vinod Kumar said that 300 posts had been made redundant due to automation and operational changes at the company. “We have taken this difficult step to realign our business to the current economic climate. Whilst the company’s revenues have grown in the current year, our costs have increased faster, and this will impact our profitability moving forward unless addressed now,” Mr. Kumar said in the letter.
The employees association in its letter to the Telecom Commission said that the employees had been terminated illegally.
“The services of those who refused to sign the resignation letters have been terminated without following any law,” the association added.
Keywords: Tata Communications, VSNL, TCL, job layoffs
All private sectors are looking to show the Quarter result as higher
margin and focusing the International Clients. Even though paying less
Salary in India.(We are not worker as per MNC standard- calling as
Slave).
As per Mr.Vinod Kumar the co.'s profits have increased and the
expenses have also increased.Higher revenues are usually inclusive of
higher provision for expenses. Hence we see profits have increased
truly.Mr.Vinod Kumar now wants that profit to go higher by jettisoning
those employees who had a crucial decision in a vulnerable part of
their lives to tie their future with TCL. The private sector has time
and again acted with the concern with ends rather than means.This is
becoming a popular notion that needs to be curbed and it is most un-
Indian.
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