Bank staff may come under govt pay panel: Hindustan Times
Even after several rounds of talks
between bank employee unions and the Indian Banks Association (IBA),
there seems to be no consensus on the quantum of salary hike for over
800,000 employees at different public sector lenders.
While the IBA has indicated that the
maximum hike that can be offered to employees is about 11%, unions are
demanding a 25% raise.
With the stalemate still continuing,
sources said a proposal could also be considered to bring them under the
purview of the Seventh Pay Commission, which has already been
constituted. A large section of bank employees are, however, unwilling
to do the same.
“There needs to be an end to the
stalemate and this is an option that has also come up,” an official
source who refused to be identified said.
IBA chairman, TM Bhasin, however, told
HT that there was no proposal to bring bank employees under the purview
of the pay commission. “IBA has no such consideration and no proposal
has come to the IBA,” he said.
“There have been some reports of
bringing the bank employees under the purview of the pay commission but
we are completely opposed to such a move,” said CH Venkatachalam,
general secretary, All India Bank Employees Association.
The salary revision of bank employees is due since November 2012.
Unions meanwhile have threatened to go
on a strike on November 12. There could even be an indefinite strike
thereafter if the issue is not addressed, union representatives said.
A senior bank executive said the issue
of wage settlement would have to be sorted at the earliest and the
finance ministry could intervene to ensure that the deadlock comes to an
end.
“At a time, when the Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana is underway and targets have to be met, there is little
scope to lose time,” he said.
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