Pune: Capgemini tells labour commissioner that no employee lost job due to lockdown
Sumit Singh
Pune, 13 July 2020: A meeting was held between the Labour Commissioner office, Pune, and Capgemini company officials in the presence of IT employees union regarding reinstatement of sacked employees.
As per Capgemini representatives, they haven’t terminated any employee under lockdown. They have paid dues of all employees whether permanent or contractual till June 2020. The company has not sent any employee on leave without pay. The company has paid increments and promotion to eligible employees. The company has not changed the leave accrual policy. The company hasn’t taken any decisions that lead to a monetary loss of the employees.
Regarding leave deduction policy, Capgemini said that it is by mutual consent of the employees. “It is good news for whomsoever has lost their jobs or salaries as now we will be submitting our befitting reply on behalf of all the employees with all the termination letters. We urge all the Capgemini employees who were terminated or forced to resign under lockdown period to contact us immediately to save their jobs”, said Harpreet Saluja, General Secretary of National Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES).
“Capgemini Management is misleading labour commissioner office. We have received complaints from many Employees regarding illegal termination, forceful resignation, non payment of salaries etc. As per honourable labour commissioner office guidelines, we will be submitting detailed say to the labour officer Sameer Chavan Sir for further course of action”, said Vivek Mestri, vice president of NITES.
The next date of hearing is on 28 July. There are reports that about 300 employees lost their jobs in the lockdown period.