Reliance rolls again wage cuts, affords bonus
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is rolling again wage cuts for the staff of its hydrocarbons division and can also be giving out efficiency bonus that had been deferred after enterprise was hit by coronavirus lockdown.
The agency can also be providing an advance 30 per cent of the variable pay from the following 12 months’s wage to its lakh-plus staff as a goodwill gesture for working in the course of the pandemic, two individuals accustomed to the matter stated.
Reliance in April had minimize the wage of staff of its hydrocarbons division by 10 per cent to 50 per cent with the agency’s chairman and richest Indian Mukesh Ambani agreeing to forgo all his remuneration.
Additionally, the oil-to-technology conglomerate had deferred annual money bonus and performance-linked incentives which are usually paid within the first quarter.
Sources stated Reliance might have achieved some intra-division money switch to roll again the wage cuts within the hydrocarbons divisions.
An e mail despatched to the corporate for feedback remained unanswered.
Reliance’s hydrocarbon enterprise was adversely impacted on account of a discount in demand for refined merchandise and petrochemicals after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to curb unfold of coronavirus.
Whereas Ambani forgo his total Rs 15 crore compensation, Reliance board of administrators together with govt administrators, govt committee members, and senior leaders noticed 30 per cent to 50 per cent of their compensation.
Staff with compensation of lower than Rs 15 lakh didn’t have any discount in compensation however these incomes increased than that noticed a ten per cent discount in mounted pay.
Whereas the wage cuts of staff have been restored, it is not clear if Ambani’s remuneration has additionally been restored.
