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Panel to look into labour issues in IT sector
On their concerns: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan holds talks with IT companies’ representatives in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. —
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government will set up a committee to look into labour issues in the information technology (IT) sector in the State.
The decision to form the committee was made at a meeting Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan had with the managements of information technology companies in the State, which both sides said had ended on a positive note.
The committee will have representatives of the Labour Department and companies. It will submit a report on the issues within a month.
Another committee will be constituted to look into the health problems of workers of the industry. It will have representatives of the medical fraternity and companies.
The managements told the Chief Minister that the present economic crisis was yet to hit them. However, they would be facing the impact of the global economic slowdown in three to six months and urged the government to reduce lease rentals (at Technopark and other promotional centres) and electricity tariffs.
The Chief Minister assured them that the government would address their concerns. The government would do the needful to ensure the sustenance of the industry.
The Chief Minister later told journalists that a labour legislation covering the IT industry was under the consideration of the government. A situation should not arise whereby qualified engineers and MBA holders were hired and fired, denying them job security.
The company managements said they had not retrenched any worker so far on the ground of economic crisis. The Labour Department should have acted with a little more circumspection on the termination of services of some of the employees in a Technopark company. None had objected to their sending out employees for incompetence.
Representatives of the managements of about 45 companies attended the meeting.
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