7th Pay Commission latest update: In an enormous aid to the Railway workers, Railways have made some modifications within the guidelines of night duty allowance.
The guidelines pertain to halting of night duty allowances for these railway workers whose primary wage is greater than Rs 43,600. At the identical time, after the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, talks have been additionally doing the rounds that there will likely be restoration from those that obtained night duty allowance. Meanwhile, the Railway division has now written a letter to the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) to cease the restoration, and to rearrange for a night duty allowance protecting in thoughts the situation of the employees working below totally different circumstances.
According to Anup Sharma, General Secretary of Delhi Division of Northern Railway, the Railways has stopped night duty allowance restoration at current. Railway unions had raised the difficulty of night duty allowance with the Ministry of Railways and demanded that if a employee isn’t given night duty allowance then he/she shouldn’t be known as at night.
Some modifications have additionally been made within the guidelines for calculation of night duty allowance. The new system has been applied with instant impact. A formulation has been ready for calculating night duty allowance, which will likely be carried out on the idea of the [(Basic pay + DA / 200] formulation. This formulation will likely be relevant in all authorities departments and ministries.
Calculation of night duty allowance may also be carried out individually for all workers on the idea of their primary pay. Till now, all the staff of Grade A got the identical Night Duty Allowance. Now this allowance will likely be calculated otherwise.
The variety of days throughout which an workers would have carried out night duty will likely be carried out on the idea of the certificates given by the worker’s supervisor. Night duty allowance will likely be made solely when an worker has labored from 10 pm to six am.
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