Airtel to pay April salary of over 25,000 staff of its dealers, franchisees

NEW DELHI : Bharti Airtel will pay the April salaries of nearly 25,000 employees belonging to its dealers, distributors and franchisees, a company official told Mint. The company has told its partners to pay their employees full salaries for the month and that the company would then compensate them for the same.

The company’s circle heads have written to its dealers and distributors that it will provide a one-time support to their staff who suffer a loss of business amid the current nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of covid-19 pandemic.

“In order to help you tide over this tough time, we plan to extend a onetime support for the month of April. This is done with an endeavour to ensure that your FSE and other frontline colleagues get their basic income. You are therefore requested to pass on your staff remuneration for the month of April,” Vani Venkatesh, Bharti Airtel’s chief executive officer for the Delhi-National Capital Region circle, said in a letter to their partners. Mint has seen a copy of the letter.