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GM India to lay off 1,419 workmen at Talegaon plant, invokes section 25 of Industrial Dispute Act
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GM India to lay off 1,419 workmen at Talegaon plant, invokes section 25 of Industrial Dispute ActBy
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The move may prolong a legal tussle between the company and its employees on the winding of General Motors India’s Talegaon plant on the outskirts of Pune.
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The employees Union is likely to challenge this move legally, sources in the know said.
US Carmaker’s Indian subsidiary General Motors India laid off 1,419 workmen on Friday, by invoking section 25 of the Industrial Dispute Act.
No out-of-court settlement: Lufthansa talks with laid-off India employees fail
March 02, 2021
Airline offers ex-gratia payment; employees want their jobs back
The discussion between German airline Lufthansa and its 103 terminated Indian cabin crew has failed to arrive at an out-of-court settlement.
The employees will now pursue legal recourse with a petition in the Central Government Industrial Tribunal under the Industrial Dispute Act.
Sources close to the development said that Lufthansa management had invited the representatives of the employees on February 25 for an out-of-court-settlement discussion.
One of the employee representatives said the management said:“reinstatement is out of the question but they can look into offering some ex gratia payment. We, in turn, informed them that we hadn t come for ex gratia payment but to get our jobs back, which they (Lufthansa) declined.”
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The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a critical Twitter account called - perhaps inevitably - Badlord.
Last week Goodlord told the industry press that it was “disheartened” that a group of employees within its tenant referencing team had decided to strike on certain days this month.
The Unite union, representing some 20 employees at the firm, says the company has a ‘fire and rehire’ policy within its London operation, seeking to re-employ staff on cheaper contracts at drastically reduced salary levels - from £24,000 to £18,000.
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Goodlord has not denied the accuracy of the pay figures, although the firm says the proposed industrial action - scheduled for next week - involves fewer than the 20 staff claimed by Unite.
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