PMPML’s daily workers face lockdown hardship
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: May 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
Authority attempts to give them work in civic bodies on
COVID duty
Another lockdown – started in the city last month - has prompted hundreds of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (
PMPML) workers to strategise how to survive another year of uncertain times.
At least 1,700 daily wage workers of the
transport utility have been put off work, like in 2020, and are not being paid.
The lockdown has yet again pushed the transport body in a tough spot as they can no more run their buses in full capacity and are limited to ply essential services workers only. According to the PMPML administration, this is the reason why they want to extend the brunt of the
Pay us for overtime, PMPML staff say
Pay us for overtime, PMPML staff say
ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Jan 30, 2021, 06:00 IST
Workers’ union pushes forth demand; daily wagers affected
During the lockdown last year, when operations of
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) came down to just five per cent, the transport body had discontinued overtime for its employees. Now, with relaxations, when operations have gone up to nearly 80 per cent,
PMPML has resumed overtime duties for employees but is not paying its
charges. And so, the
In a written complaint to the management, the union stated that there are certain long
Female staff at PMPML get less health benefits than the men
Female staff at PMPML get less health benefits than the men
ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 06:00 IST
dependents under
male staff can add all kinds of family members. Demand made to abolish this bias
With a thought towards a safe and comfortable journey, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has for years now reserved seats for women passengers on its buses. Ironically, however, the transport body allegedly treats its own female employees with not so much consideration.
It has emerged that
health insurance coverage given to the family members of female PMPML employees as dependents is much more limited compared to that given to its male employees, raising cries of meaningless bias. Under PMPML’s health insurance policy, while the entire family of male employees is covered as dependents, for women, the scheme only extends to the worker herself and her children.