Pune: Labour Commissioner calls Capgemini for meeting regarding reinstatement of sacked employees
Pune, July 9, 2020: A meeting between IT company Capgemini, labour union and the Labour Commissioner will be held on July 13 to decide the reinstatement of terminated employees. About 300 employees have lost jobs at the company’s offices in Pune.
The IT employees union, National Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), had submitted complaints against Capgemini to Chief Minister Office, Labour Ministry, Divisional Commissioner and District Collector. The employees had sought NITES’ help as they were purposely put on bench and were forced to resign.
Harpreet Saluja, NITES General Secretary, said, “The CEO of Capgemini Ashwin Yardi on 6th April 2020 imposed an unlawful leave policy which is against Maharashtra State Government’s GR dated 31 March 2020. The company has illegally deducted earned leave of employees which is a loss of wages. Though the Maharashtra State Government’s GR clearly mentioned that no employee should be terminated but still Capgemini illegally terminated employees under such difficult circumstances. The employees are unable to appear for interviews and join any other company and are struggling to survive.”
He further said, “Recently Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also condemned the employers who are terminating jobs. We thank Labour Commissioner Office for taking cognizance of our complaints and issuing a notice of conciliation meeting to Capgemini stating immediate reinstatement of employees terminated by Capgemini under lockdown period. We urge all Capgemini employees in Pune to connect with us immediately if they were terminated or were forced to resign by the company under COVID19 lockdown. We are looking forward to #JusticeforEmployees to be served as soon as possible.”
