Air India to deduct Rs 10-15 lakh from each colony employee, apart from penal rent
MUMBAI: Air India completes one year of privatisation on Friday, but for hundreds of its employees living in the airline staff quarters in Mumbai and Delhi it’s time to brace for impact as they face salary deductions worth Rs 10 lakh to Rs 15 lakh, apart from the penal rent that the airline started levying in December.
The airline has begun the paperwork on levying “damage charges’’ on employees who continue to live in the airline quarters and those who vacated the quarters post July 31, 2022, said sources. “Apart from the penal rent which is double the market rate, that is charged with retrospective effect from August 1, 2022 onwards, Air India, on orders from the central government, will deduct a sum of Rs 10- Rs 15 lakh, towards damage charges from each colony employee,” the source added.
George Abraham, general secretary, Aviation Industry Employees Guild said: “The deductions are blatantly illegal and absolutely cruel. Employees will hardly earn any salary for the work done.
