ENHANCING THE BONUS CEILING TO 3500/=
GOVERNMENT ORDERED ADHOC BONUS WITHOUT CHANGING CEILING TO 3500/= FOR NON-PLB DEPARTMENTS.
STAFF SIDE SECRETARY TAKEN IT WITH FINANCE SECRETARY
hold demonstrations on 19th September 2008
focus on 18 Point Charter of Demands
highlight bonus ceiling also effectively
protest strongly demanding ceiling rise to 3500/=
send savingrams to Honourable Finance Minsiter
Dear Comrades - The Bonus ceiling was revised last year by amending the Bonus Act but the benefit of enhancement to 3500/= from 2500/= was not extended to Central Government Employees at that time. As the same was expected to be enhanced for the current year bonus for 2007-2008, it is a shock for us to come to know that the Government has announced adhoc bonus to other than PLB covered CG Employees without changing the bonus ceiling at all.
The matter was taken up with the Staff Side Secretary by our Confederation Working President Comrade C.C.Pillai today, when Comrade Umraomal Purohit, the Secretary, Staff Side JCM National Council informed us that the matter has already been taken up by him and he had a talk with the Finance Secretary. According to Staff Side Secretary the bonus ceiling would be raised first for the PLB Sections and then only for the Adhoc Sections and therefore we may expect orders for enhancement of ceiling to 3500/- for the PLB Sections soon. Now we have to await further development. Moreover we know last year the Finance Minsitry refused enhancement for us despite Staff Side Secretary taking up the matter.
We would like to remind all our comrades that the call of the Confederation of CG Employees to observe 19th September 2008 as "Strike Declaration Day" and to popularise the 18 Point Charter of Demands already contains the demand for enhancement of bonus ceiling to all CG Employees also to 3500/- and to remove the cap of 60 days for the PLB bonus payment [Demand Number 15].
NFPE therefore Calls upon all the Circle / Divisional / Branch Secretaries to effectively focus the demand of bonus ceiling also on 19th September 2008 along with other demands and our intention to go on indefinte strike after a strike ballot on pay commission related issues and bonus.
Let our voice go to the ears of the Government.
Let the Government not cheat the CG Employees this year also.
Hold powerful demonstrations on 19th September 2008.
Express our strong protest demanding enhancement of ceiling to 3500/= immediately.
Send Savingrams to Honourable Finance Minister as " ANNOUNCE IMMEDIATE ENHANCEMENT OF BONUS CEILING TO ALL CG EMPLOYEES AS PER THE AMENDED BONUS ACT "
Express our intention to organise indefinite strike if the following 18 Point Charter of demands not conceived by Government.
18 POINT CHARTER OF DEMANDS:
1. Grant Rs.10,000 as Minimum Wage as per 15th ILC Norms.
2. Grant minimum fitment benefit of 2.625 times of pre-revised basic pay to bring about uniform rise in emoluments.
3. No abolition of Group D posts and functions.
4. Lift ban on recruitment; fill up all vacant posts and scrap Screening Committee.
5. Grant Pension and Status of Civil Servants to GDS.
6. Grant 10% of Pay + Grade Pay as minimum benefit on promotion or financial upgradations.
7. No outsourcing or contractorising of Governmental functions.
8. Fix the date of effect of all allowances as 1.1.2006.
9. No reduction in the commutation value and restoration of full pension after 12 years.
10. Grant statutory defined pension scheme to the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 and withdraw the PFRDA Bill from Parliament.
11. Compute the pension entitlement on the basis of notional pay as on 1.1.1996.
12. No performance related pay or bonus scheme.
13. Implement all Board of Arbitration Awards.
14. Remove the arbitrary 5% ceiling and 3 years condition on compassionate appointment and withdraw court cases and absorb all waitlisted RRR candidates.
15. Implement the revision of bonus ceiling @ 3500/- in the case of Government Employees; Remove adhoc bonus and replace it with PLB and remove the 60 days ceiling.
16. Grant SDA to all employees in NE Region.
17. Revise the Transport and Daily Allowances as demanded by the Staff Side JCM National Council.
18. Direct all the Departmental Heads to settle 6th CPC related department specific demands / problems within a stipulated time limit.
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K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE
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