Payment of daily wages

5 years ago

We are working in PSU for the past 6/7years on daily wages basis under various caders viz. clerical, technical, canteen, auxilary etc. The PSU is hairing a Manpower suppling agency every year and through that agency we have been deployed in the PSU. For some years the PSU itself has directly hired us.
We have been paid as per minimum wages act (Central) rates for 30 days every month. But all of a sudden from the Nov'2018 onwards a new manpower agency has been hired and they are paying only for 26days a month without any preior information. We have aproached the PSU managemen in vain. We have also sought a oral clarification from RLC(C). The RLC(C) officials are informing us orally that the daily wage has been decided on the basis of 30days only and the total of the wage for 30days has been distributed for 26days and hence there is no ambiguity and the wage we are receiving for 26days is actually for 30days only.
But we feel let down by both PSU management as well as RLC(C) officials. We still feel that the system that has been implimented for more than 6/7years unintruptedly has been changed without a logical reason. The PSU management is recruiting in various caders that has been deployed by us without giving an opertunity to us. All the posts that have been deployed by us have been manned by regular employees earlier i.e. 6/7years before. But for our services, the daily work could not have progressed smoothly since theregular employees in the roles of the PSU are very less. As on date, we form almost 40%of the total working strength of the PSU.
Now, we humbly request you to please let us know the correct rule position with regard to payment of daily wages for 26 days per month. Are we not eligible for 30days of wages per month. We are following the working hours of the PSU strictly. If we are eligible for 30days of wages, to whom we have to approach for justice. We do not have an association to fight even and we are afraid that the PSU management may not take the issue leniantly if we organize protest even. Kindly advise us the next course of action.
MURALI