Salary of contract nurses to double: TN to Madras HC
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 12.06.2018
An order increasing the salary of contract nurses from ₹7,000 to ₹14,000 will be issued in 15 days, Tamil Nadu government told Madras high court, in response to a PIL. The state government has already got the approval from central government for increasing the salary, and it wold be implemented by passing a GO in 15 days.
A submission to this effect was made when a PIL filed by N Ganesh, a contract nurse, came up for hearing before the first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha on Monday.
Posting the matter to July 2 for further hearing, the bench directed the committee constituted by the TN government to hear the grievances of over 11,000 contract nurses engaged by the state in connection with their demand for equal pay for equal work and take a decision within six months.
Claiming that as contract nurses they do the same amount of work done by government nurses, the petitioner wanted the court to direct the state to provide them salary equal to that of the government nurses. The government said the nurses were absorbed into regular stream and they will be paid regular scale of pay as and when vacancies arise. It was further stated that contract nurses will be eligible for EPF with employer contribution of 13.15%.
Opposing the submission, advocate Puhazh Gandhi for the petitioner contended that they are not just asking an increase in salary but are demanding equal wages as of government nurses.
Recording the submissions, the bench directed the petitioner to make out their case before the core committee constituted for this purpose. The committee was also directed to offer opportunity to the nurses and take a decision within 6 months.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 12.06.2018
An order increasing the salary of contract nurses from ₹7,000 to ₹14,000 will be issued in 15 days, Tamil Nadu government told Madras high court, in response to a PIL. The state government has already got the approval from central government for increasing the salary, and it wold be implemented by passing a GO in 15 days.
A submission to this effect was made when a PIL filed by N Ganesh, a contract nurse, came up for hearing before the first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha on Monday.
Posting the matter to July 2 for further hearing, the bench directed the committee constituted by the TN government to hear the grievances of over 11,000 contract nurses engaged by the state in connection with their demand for equal pay for equal work and take a decision within six months.
Claiming that as contract nurses they do the same amount of work done by government nurses, the petitioner wanted the court to direct the state to provide them salary equal to that of the government nurses. The government said the nurses were absorbed into regular stream and they will be paid regular scale of pay as and when vacancies arise. It was further stated that contract nurses will be eligible for EPF with employer contribution of 13.15%.
Opposing the submission, advocate Puhazh Gandhi for the petitioner contended that they are not just asking an increase in salary but are demanding equal wages as of government nurses.
Recording the submissions, the bench directed the petitioner to make out their case before the core committee constituted for this purpose. The committee was also directed to offer opportunity to the nurses and take a decision within 6 months.
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