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| Protest Rally on May 8 for implementation of Wage Board | |  New Delhi/Jammu, May 7 (Scoop News) –The Delhi Union of Journalists supports the call given by the Confederation of Newspaper and News Agencies Employees Unions a call for a rally outside the PTI building and in the press area on May 8, 2013 at 4.30 p.m.
The rally is being held to express concern at the management-government's machinations to delay the implementation of the Wage Board.
DUJ has appealed to its members to participate in these programmes.
It may be mentioned that the implementation of the Majithia Wage Board’s recommendations for journalists and non-journalist employees has been a contentious issue ever since the Award was notified in November 2011. The notification was challenged by newspaper and news-agency managements across the country and currently, final arguments on Special Leave Petitions are being heard in the Supreme Court of India.
The monthly emoluments for the lowest category of employee in the lowest class of establishment would work out to be Rs. 9000 for the basic pay at floor level minimum wage of Rs. 5000. The revised basic pay would however range from Rs. 9000 to Rs. 17500 for non-journalists and from Rs. 13000 to Rs. 25000 for working journalists in the top establishment having gross revenues of more than Rs. 1000 crores.
As far as social security measures are concerned possibility of granting paternity leave to male employees, retirement age of 65 years, and exploring pension scheme possibilities have been suggested going beyond the mandated wage structure revision.
The wage board has further recommended night shift allowance, hard ship allowance; transport allowance and House rent allowance for different class of establishments. It has recommended that a permanent mechanism in the form of a tribunal be set up to adjudicate on complaints regarding non-implementation or circumvention of the Award. Also Employers are to ensure that while engaging contractual workers they must at-least offer same salary for the same work which is performed by the regular employee.
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