Firm told to pay ₹8 lakh to kin of ex-employee
23.01.2022
Chennai: A labour court in Kancheepuram has directed a manufacturing firm in SIPCOT, Sriperumbudur, to compensate a sum of ₹8 lakh to the family of an employee, after the court ruled in favour of the company in the case as the employee died while the case was underway.
The petitioner, R Rajkumar who was working as a machine operator in the steel manufacturing company was dismissed in November2011 for continued absenteeism, against which he moved the labour court and sought salary arrears.
The court noted that the petitioner could not prove that the management ha d acted out of vendetta. Further, it was established by the management that there was continued absenteeism by the petitioner without providing valid reasons, and being a manufacturing company, the absenteeism of the employee affected production, the court noted. However, while the case was underway, the petitioner died due to ill health after which his wife was arrayed in the case.
The court noted that on compassionate grounds, the family be a warded compensation and since the management too agreed, the court arrived at an amount of ₹8 lakh. TNN
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