59 employees of Air India group have availed leave without pay scheme: Hardeep Puri
NEW DELHI: A total of 59 employees of Air India group have availed the leave without pay (LWP) scheme that was instituted in July this year, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday.
Air India issued an internal order on July 14 asking its departmental heads and regional directors to identify employees, based on various factors such as efficiency, health and redundancy, who will be sent on compulsory LWP for up to five years.
Moreover, the national carrier had said the employees can voluntarily opt for the LWP scheme too.
“A total of 58 employees of Air India and one employee of Alliance Air Aviation Limited have availed leave under the LWP scheme-2020,” Puri said on Monday.
“Air India Express Ltd, Air India Engineering Services Limited and Hotel Corporation of India Limited (subsidiaries of Air India) have not implemented/ introduced the LWP Scheme-2020,” he clarified in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
