Aggrieved Biman employees to move to HC to get back jobs
Monday, 11 February 2008
Hundreds of employees of the national airlines, who were allegedly forced to retire under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) last year, are preparing to file writ petitions with the High Court (HC) against the Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd authority, reports UNB.
A number of the employees said, they decided to file writ, as the Biman management forced them to go on retirement under VRS last June.
Before the issuance of VRS last year, around 200 employees were either forced to retire or be terminated. Most of them were learnt to be contemplating filing writ petitions with the High Court to get back their jobs.
The High Court issued show-cause notice on the Biman managing director to explain why they were 'terminated or forced to retire'.
Last year the Biman authority planned to cut 1,593 jobs in eight departments to squeeze its manpower to 3,400 from about 5,000. The eight departments are - Customer Service, Engineering, Project and Planning, Administration, Finance, Store and Purchase, Flight Operation, and Marketing and Sales.
Accordingly, the authority had invited applications from the employees willing to go on retirement under VRS on June 4 last year.
Until June 20 last year, 2,267 employees had submitted their applications. But, most of the employees alleged that they were made to sign printed VRS forms of retirement.
A number of the employees said, they decided to file writ, as the Biman management forced them to go on retirement under VRS last June.
Before the issuance of VRS last year, around 200 employees were either forced to retire or be terminated. Most of them were learnt to be contemplating filing writ petitions with the High Court to get back their jobs.
The High Court issued show-cause notice on the Biman managing director to explain why they were 'terminated or forced to retire'.
Last year the Biman authority planned to cut 1,593 jobs in eight departments to squeeze its manpower to 3,400 from about 5,000. The eight departments are - Customer Service, Engineering, Project and Planning, Administration, Finance, Store and Purchase, Flight Operation, and Marketing and Sales.
Accordingly, the authority had invited applications from the employees willing to go on retirement under VRS on June 4 last year.
Until June 20 last year, 2,267 employees had submitted their applications. But, most of the employees alleged that they were made to sign printed VRS forms of retirement.