Pune labour commissioner asks Wipro to respond to complaint on employee salary cuts

PUNE: The Labour Commissioner has asked IT services firm WiproNSE 2.07 % to respond to a complaint filed against it in Pune, alleging that 300 employees have been put on the bench and salary has been deducted of an undisclosed number of entry level staffers, most of whom are BPO employees.

“We have not issued a show cause notice to the company, just forwarded a copy of the complaint against them and asked them to respond. We need both sides of the issue,” said Vikas Panvelkar, Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Maharashtra.

Last week, Maharashtra-based IT union National Information Technology Employees Sena (NITES) filed a petition with the Pune Labour Commission based on complaints received from Wipro BPO employees about being put on the bench following certain projects slowing down on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Raghunath Kuchik, Founder, NITES.