CITU flags wage cuts, job loss in IT field

09/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Wednesday wrote to the Union Labour and Employment Ministry highlighting cases of wage cuts and job terminations in the IT sector, in violation of the Ministry’s directive to companies during the lockdown.

In the letter to the Secretary, CITU general secretary Tapan Sen said this was its fifth such communication to it regarding the violations of the March 20 advisory to employers. After highlighting violations in banks, jute mills and tea gardens in West Bengal and road and hydel projects in J&K, the CITU said this time it was raising concerns in the IT sector in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Bengal. It asked the Ministry to intervene in the matter as well.