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.”