Kolkata: Seventy-odd Air India contractual ground-handling staff at the Kolkata airport face uncertainty as the airline authorities are allegedly refusing to facilitate the process of issuing fresh entry passes to the employees, almost all of which expire by this month-end.
According to the affected employees, the airport officials have to provide them airport entry permit application forms and another form issued by the district intelligence bureau to conduct police verification of character and antecedents for the employees, a mandatory system before the passes can be issued to allow them entry inside airport terminals.
"A few of our employees have been benched from the first week of this month. By the end of this month, the entry passes for almost all of us will expire," said an employee.
The affected casual staff alleged that to facilitate this revival strategy, the company has been asking them to take re-employment with Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL), a subsidiary company of the airline that manages ground handling. "Air India has been asking us to take re-employment with AIATSL, which comes with a three-year contract. But that means our gratuity and provident fund money for all these past several years is gone," said another casual staff.
06/12/18 Tamaghna Banerjee/Times of India
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According to the affected employees, the airport officials have to provide them airport entry permit application forms and another form issued by the district intelligence bureau to conduct police verification of character and antecedents for the employees, a mandatory system before the passes can be issued to allow them entry inside airport terminals.
"A few of our employees have been benched from the first week of this month. By the end of this month, the entry passes for almost all of us will expire," said an employee.
The affected casual staff alleged that to facilitate this revival strategy, the company has been asking them to take re-employment with Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL), a subsidiary company of the airline that manages ground handling. "Air India has been asking us to take re-employment with AIATSL, which comes with a three-year contract. But that means our gratuity and provident fund money for all these past several years is gone," said another casual staff.
06/12/18 Tamaghna Banerjee/Times of India
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