Nagpur<\/a>: Ganesh Paunikar, who has put in 22 years of service in BSNL<\/a>, says his family even cut down on buying vegetables, as his salary<\/a> was paid only on Thursday, September 19. The children took frugal meals in their lunch boxes, he said. The three weeks from August 31 to September 19 were a harrowing period for many like Paunikar in the state owned telecom company, which is in a crisis these days.

The salary<\/a> for August was to be paid on the last working day of the month, but was credited only on Thursday, a delay of 20 days. BSNL<\/a> has paid salaries late since February, but the delay was the longest this time, leaving many lower and middle-rung employees gasping.

Apart from delayed salaries, BSNL has also not deposited the EMIs and insurance premiums deducted from staff salaries with the respective agencies since last five months, say union leaders. A number of employees have given a mandate for direct deduction of loan instalments or insurance premium from their salaries. “Even as salaries were paid, the amount deducted as EMI or premium was not forwarded to the bank or insurance company,” said Pancham Gaikwad, president of BSNL Employees Association, a left leaning union.

A senior official said BSNL urgently needs external assistance to meet its commitments. The salary was delayed because other financial liabilities were cleared first. Even now, Maharashtra circle, which is among the better performing zones, has revenue shortfall of Rs20 crore a month.

“There are many employees whose take home salary is less than Rs50,000 due to loans taken from employees cooperatives society or banks. A delay of more than a fortnight has left them helpless,” says Gaikwad. The situation is worse in Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL), where the salary backlog is of two months, he said.

Paunikar said, “I take home Rs32,000 a month, out of which Rs6,000 goes for home rent. With a number of other expenses, there is little scope to save for the next month. There were days when we did not even buy vegetables. You know the kind of food children take to school these days, but mine had to adjust with simpler stuff. Finally, with salary deposited, the first thing to do is pay back the money borrowed till now.”

“My gross salary runs into tens of thousands, but the net pay is hardly Rs7,000. Most of the amount goes toward loans. Imagine the situation when even the meagre pay I get is delayed for 20 days,” said a employees in his late fifties requesting anonymity.

Ajay Singh, who mans a counter at the customer service centre (CSC), said, “We cannot even get a loan from the employees cooperative as it also is short of funds due to the crisis. The instalments deducted by the company have not been passed on to it. In such a situation, the cooperative does not have funds to lend us. Most of the young employees have substantial outgo towards EMIs.”

Ashwin Shende, also a clerical level employee, said his wife contracted typhoid but he could not afford medicines after the first lot were exhausted. “Finally, I can buy the pills now,” he said.

Gaikwad, the union president, said the association’s national chief P Abhimanyu held four meetings with the management, which insisted that pay will be released after September 16. “Perhaps they were waiting for the union elections to end. Ours is the majority union and holding the pay was also aimed at hampering our votes. The elections ended a day ago, though we won, the vote share is down 4%,” he said.

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BSNL员工减少蔬菜,甚至药物的薪水是20天晚了

8月份的工资将在每月的最后一个工作日支付,但被认为只有周四,20天的延迟。BSNL支付工资晚自2月份以来,但这次延迟是最长的,留下许多低和middle-rung员工喘气。

Shishir Arya,
TNN

发布于2019年9月20日上午并表达是

那格浦尔:Ganesh Paunikar, 22年的服务BSNL说,他的家人甚至减少购买蔬菜,像他工资只有星期四,9月19日。孩子们把节俭餐午餐盒,他说。三个星期从8月31日到9月19日是一个悲惨的时期许多像Paunikar国有电信公司,在危机中,这些天。

的工资8月是在每月的最后一个工作日支付,但被认为只有周四,20天的延迟。BSNL自二月末支付工资,但这个长时间最长的这一次,留下许多低和middle-rung员工喘气。

除了延迟工资,BSNL也不把工作和保险费扣除员工工资与相应的机构自去年5月,工会领导人说。许多员工已经授权直接扣除贷款分期付款或从他们的薪水保险费。“即使工资支付,金额扣除EMI或溢价不是转发到银行或保险公司,“说Pancham Gaikwad, BSNL雇员协会主席,一个左倾联盟。

一位高级官员说BSNL迫切需要外部援助来满足其承诺。工资被推迟了,因为其他金融负债被清除。即使是现在,马哈拉施特拉邦圆,是性能更好的区域之一,收入的差额Rs20卢比的一个月。

“有很多带回家的员工工资小于Rs50,000由于从员工合作社社会或银行贷款。延迟超过两个星期让他们无奈,“Gaikwad说。的情况更糟Mahanagar尼噶的电讯有限公司(MTNL),两个月的工资积压在哪儿,他说。

Paunikar说,“我带回家Rs32,000一个月,其中Rs6,000房屋租金。与许多其他费用,有小范围为下个月存钱。有天当我们甚至没有买菜。你知道食物的孩子需要上学的这些天,但我不得不调整简单的东西。最后,随着工资存入,首先要做的是偿还借来的钱到现在。”

“我的工资总额遇到成千上万,但不是Rs7,000的净工资。大部分的金额用于贷款。想象的情况当我得到的微薄的工资是推迟了20天,”一位员工表示在要求匿名。

Ajay辛格,芒一个计数器在客户服务中心(CSC)说,“我们甚至不能获得贷款的员工合作,因为它也缺乏资金由于危机。公司分期扣除没有传递给它。在这种情况下,合作没有资金借给我们。最年轻的员工对工作有实质性的支出。”

文职级别员工Ashwin Shende也表示,他的妻子感染伤寒但他买不起药后第一个很多都筋疲力尽了。“最后,我可以现在买药,”他说。

Gaikwad,工会主席,全国协会的首席P苏哈塔举行了四个会议管理,坚持支付将在9月16日公布。“也许他们等待工会选举结束。我们绝大多数联盟和控股支付也旨在阻碍我们的选票。选举结束后一天前,虽然我们赢了,得票率下降了4%,”他说。