Indian tech company Wipro was recently sent a notice by the Pune Labour Commission after complaints and media reports regarding the company benching 300 employees surfaced.
As per the notice sent by the commission, the company has been asked to take necessary steps regarding the same, failing which legal action will be taken against them.
According to a report by Moneycontrol, the notice states that no employer can reduce the salary or cannot terminate employees during the lockdown period as per the notification issued.
The recent notice to the company follows a petition filed with the commission by the Maharashtra-based IT union National Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) recently.
As per the news report, the letter sent by NITES said, “On behalf of NITES, Maharashtra we would like to bring to your notice that we have received complaints from employees of Wipro BPO Pune Phase 2 Hinjewadi regarding putting employees on bench to maintain profitability of business under COVID-19 pandemic.”
“The company has also notified the employees on April 23, 2020 that they are on bench with immediate effect. Because of this, pay and jobs of more than 300 employees are at risk,” the letter added.
The letter claimed that the move is a strict violation of the Maharashtra government’s ruling that employees should not be impacted because of COVID-19.
Earlier, the Pune office of French tech company Capgemini was also served a similar notice by the Labour Commissioner of Pune asking it to revoke forced leaves during the pandemic.
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