COVID-19 crisis: Airtel to pay May salaries of 30K staff employed by retail, distribution partners

NEW DELHI: Telecom operator Airtel has decided to pay May salaries of nearly 30,000 staffers employed by its retail and distribution partners, to help them tide over “tough times” and impact of the lockdown during the month, as per a note by the company to the partners. The company had taken a similar step earlier also, to pay for April salaries of those employed by its distribution partners and retail franchisee network.

In the note, seen by, Manu Sood, Hub CEO (Upper North) of Bharti AirtelNSE -0.29 %, said, “We all are going through an unprecedented situation and with the lockdown that got extended for the months of April and May, we have already seen a lot of impact on our business. This disruption also resulted in drop in business across many other sectors and categories in much worse ways.”