Chandigarh, October 21: A meeting of the Class IV Government Employees Union Punjab (1680) was held with Principal Secretary Kumar Rahul, IAS, in Chandigarh to discuss the demands of Class IV, outsourced and user charges employees working in the Punjab Health Department.
Senior officials, including the Directors of Health Systems Corporation, Health Department and Ayurveda, attended the meeting. Union representatives included Darshan Singh Lubana, Deep Chand Hans, Rajesh Golu, Ajay Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Dharminder Kumar.
During the meeting, it was decided to appoint district-level DMCs as nodal officers to facilitate the adjustment of outsourced employees in the department. The meeting also agreed to ensure minimum wages for all temporary employees, including user charges workers.
Decisions were taken regarding ESI cards, identity cards, EPF benefits, uniforms and 8.33 per cent bonus. It was also decided to regulate working hours for user charges employees and provide weekly and festival holidays. Instructions will be issued separately to all Civil Surgeons to ensure payment of pending minimum wages.
It was further decided that the next review meeting would be held next month to assess the implementation of these decisions.
