Top Airlines Company to send Employees on 'Unpaid Leave' for up to 5 YEARS, Employees Left in Shock! - Report

Leading Airlines, Air India has commenced the process of identifying employees based on factors such as efficiency, health and redundancy who will be sent on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to five years, according to an official order. 

The airline’s board of directors have authorized its chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal to take this step. Employees are going to be sent “for six months or for a period of two years extendable up to five years, depending upon the following factors - suitability, efficiency, competence, quality of performance, health of the employee, instance of non-availability of the employee for duty in the past as a result of ill health or otherwise and redundancy”, the order said on Tuesday. 

The departmental heads in the headquarter as well as regional directors will be undertaking an assessment of the employees based on the aforementioned factors and identify employees who should be sent on compulsory LWP.

“Names of such employees need to be forwarded to the General Manager (Personnel) in headquarter for obtaining necessary approval of CMD,” the order added.

The spokesperson of the company responded to queries saying the company is not willing to make further comments on the subject.