AIBEA Circular Dated 18.03.2015

Discussion held with IBA on 17.03.2015

ALL INDIA BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
Central Office: “PRABHAT NIVAS”
Regn. No.2037Singapore Plaza,
164, Linghi Chetty Street,
Chennai-600001
Phone: 2535 1522, 6543 1566
Fax: 4500 2191, 2535 8853
e mail : chv.aibea@gmail.com & aibeahq@gmail.com 

CIRCULAR NO. 27/97/2015/8 18th March, 2015

To ALL UNITS AND MEMBERS :

Dear Comrades,

DISCUSSIONS WITH IBA Units and members are aware that our charter of demands includes demands on improvement in various service conditions apart from increase in wages. Prior to the signing of the Minutes of Discussion on 23-2-2015, there were two rounds of discussions with the IBA on these issues. Yesterday i.e., on 17.03.2015, one more round of discussions took place, during which understandings have been reached on the following issues :

1) ENCASHMENT OF LEAVE: The benefit of encashment of Privilege Leave will be available even in the cases of resignations from the Bank after 20 years of service as well on loss of job due to punishments (other than cases of punishment of Dismissal and cases where there is loss to the Bank).

2) LEAVE: The present stipulation that Casual Leave (CL) upto 4 days can be availed continuously provided the total absence including Sundays and holidays does not exceed more than 6 days would be deleted.

3) Presently Unavailed Casual Leave (UCL) can be availed for a day without production of medical certificate. In addition UCL may be availed without production of medical certificate for 4 days at a time once in a year or 2 days at a time twice in a year.

4) Privilege Leave (PL) can be availed on 4 occasions in a year (as against 3 occasions at present).

5) 15 days’ Notice would be sufficient to avail Privilege Leave (as against 30 days’ notice at present).

6) Privilege Leave can be accumulated upto 270 days (as against the existing ceiling of 240 days). However, encashment upto 240 days would continue as at present.

7) Special Sick Leave with Salary for a maximum period of 30 days would be sanctioned to an employee while on hospitalisation for donation of kidney or any organ.

8) Maternity Leave, within the overall entitlement, would be granted for 60 days (now 45 days) in the case of hysterectomy. 

9) Maternity Leave for legal adoption of a child would be 6 months (now 2 months) 

10) The above facility of Maternity Leave would also be available to a biological mother in cases where the child is born through surrogacy.

11) Part time employees would also be entitled to Maternity Leave under (h) and (i) above.

12) Paternity Leave would be extended on the lines of Government employees i.e. 15 days at a time on 2 occasions. 

13) Study Leave upto 2 years would be sanctioned to workmen employees as available to officers.

14) Sabbatical Leave for women employees would be extended on the lines of government guidelines.

15) Sabbatical Leave for male employees would be referred to the Government for consideration.

16) Extraordinary Leave (without Pay) would be sanctioned upto a max. of 720 days during the entire service (as against the existing ceiling of 12 months).

17) Special Casual Leave for absence due to curfew would include exigencies like riots, prohibitory orders, natural calamities.

18) Special Leave for Sports activities, trekking, mountaineering, etc, would be dealt with at each Bank level.

19) INTRODUCTION OF LEAVE BANK:
System of Leave Bank would be introduced by which employees can voluntarily donate a part of their entitled leave to a common pool from out of which leave with salary would be sanctioned to employees who are compelled to be on prolonged leave due to treatment of major diseases/accidents and other contingencies beyond their control and where such employees have exhausted all their leave.

20) Diem Allowance: Diem Allowance payable while on travel on duty would be revised upwardly and quantum would be finalised in the next meeting.

21) When employees travel on duty to another station and stay in a hotel, the room rent would be reimbursed; the eligible rates would be finalised in the next meeting.

22) Transportation of goods while on transfer: An employee while on transfer from one station to another can transport his personal effects by train or road (even if the places are not connected by train) upto the stipulated weights by an IBA approved Transport Operator. 

23) Compensation for Breakages: Compensation for losses due to breakages or damage to goods while transporting would be reimbursed as under:Existing amount To be revised asClerk Substaff Clerk SubstaffOn production of receipt 1120 745 1500 1000Without receipt 745 560 1000 750

24) Travel on Duty/on transfer:Existing To be revised asNon-Subordinate employees 1st class AC 2 TierSub-ordinate employees 2nd class AC 3 tier

25) Dependents’ Income Criteria: Income limit to define a dependent would be Rs. 10,000/- per month (as against the existing Rs.3,500/- p.m.)

26) Pension for part time employees: The entire service period would be taken for arriving at eligible pension instead of pro-rata service.

Important issues like construction of revised Pay Scales, revised DA formula, HRA rates, Transport Pay, introduction of Grade Pay, revision of Special Pay, LFC, revision in other allowances, retirees’ issues, etc. and other issues/ demands would be taken up for discussions in the subsequent rounds of meetings. 

Further development on these issues will be informed to members in due course.

II ROUND - SUB COMMITTEE MEETING ON OFFICERS ISSUE

Dear Comrades:

II ROUND - SUB COMMITTEE MEETING ON OFFICERS ISSUE

In continuation of the earlier meeting held on January 14, 2015  one more round of discussion on Officers  issues, was held at IBA office today(16.03.2015), at 3.00 pm.  IBA was represented by Sh. Ashwini Kumar, CMD, Dena Bank, Sh. Shailesh Verma, CGM, SBI, Sh.M.V.Tanksale, CEO, IBA, Sh. K. Unnikrishnan, Dy.CEO, IBA, besides officials of HRD Department of IBA. AIBOA and INBOC were representated by its General Secretaries.  Other organizational representatives were also present.

The CEO, IBA while initiating the discussion complemented for arriving at the M.O.U on 23rd February, 2015, emphasized the need to conclude the finalization of the matters at the earliest.  Shri Ashwini Kumar  also congratulated the leadership for clinching the wage component together with 2 days holidays on Saturdays.

It was mutually accepted that the salary and allowances, as well as the perquisites and medical facilities listed in the charter of demand will be taken up for discussions once the draft scales are drawn up by the IBA for discussion.  In the matter of discipline and Appeal regulations, it was agreed to submit once again a comprehensive chart to IBA which will be taken up for discussion by a small committee of IBA for further discussion in the HR committee of the IBA.   In the matter of regulated working hours, it was agreed by IBA to issue a communication to the member banks, not to call officers on Sundays and Holidays, except on some specified emergent circumstances.

In the matter of leave rules, it has been broadly agreed to follow  the provisions of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.  A clear submission was made to monetize the LTC scheme on the lines of RBI.  The income stipulation for categorizing the “dependent” has been agreed to be enhanced substantially with the stipulation that the dependent is not an Income Tax payee.  It has been agreed to recommend to the government to consider Banking Administrative Tribunal on the lines of CAT.  It was also informed that the protection of emoluments on transfer will also be positively considered, as the same was drawing the attention of the top management team of the various banks.  As the issues discussed are to be given an appropriate shape, we may term this round of discussion as inconclusive.  In our considered assessment there is certainly a forward movement in this round of discussion.  It was expressed by the representatives of IBA to arrive at a positive   by the end of this month through mutually convenient date of negotiations. It was further informed that IBA is actively engaged in drawing up the draft  scales of pay and expected to discuss  the same at an    possible time with us.

Our endeavour to reach a  reasonable and respectable settlement in terms of monetary gains as well as appropriate advancement in the other service regulations, like discipline and appeal regulations, will continue.

With Greetings.

Yours Comradely,

 (S. NAGARAJAN)                

GENERAL SECRETARY

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