Bankers want working hrs, staff strength to be reduced

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:14.04.2020

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the All India Nationalized Bank Officers Federation has requested that working hours of banks be reduced apart from making a few other recommendations to the convener of the State Level Banking Committee and the Reserve Bank of India.from 10am to 2pm apart from five other recommendations to the convener of the State Level Banking Committee and the Reserve Bank of India.

The general secretary of the federation G V Manimaran, in a letter, urged that working hours of the member banks be made uniform from 10am to 2pm and that staff be rotated at branches by drawing a roster, by clubbing branches in urban and semiurban centres located within a radius of 5km. The banks can cut down on the number of branches and operate with limited staff at administrative and back-end offices, he suggested.

He also suggested that employees into administrative duty be allowed to work from home. The suggestions, while ensuring that basic banking services are available for customers, will also reduce the risk of bankers being infected by Covid-19, he said.