PUNE: An umbrella organization of information technology and IT-enabled services (ITeS) employees has approached legislative council member Gopichand Padalkar to take up issues about “terminations, forced resignations and deep salary cuts” in the time of Covid-19.
“There were orders from the labour department since March, telling companies not to fire employees. But thousands of employees in IT companies and ITeS firms such as BPOs have either lost their jobs, were forced to resign or accept salary cuts of up to 50%,” said Harpreet Saluja of the organization, Nascent IT Employees Senate.
He said the group has received over 78,000 such complaints. Of these, around 45,000 complaints related to being laid off or forced to resign, Saluja added.
During Tuesday’s legislative council session, Padalkar said the state government should take action against the companies that have laid off staffers during the pandemic. “Many IT companies have laid off over 45,000 people during the pandemic despite the government’s order. I request the state government to take action against them,” he said.