New Delhi: Tata-owned Air India on Monday (May 8) prolonged the final date to use for Voluntary Retirement for its employees till May 31. This is the third such offer by the group after it took management of the airline in January final 12 months.
As per the airline, the everlasting basic cadre officers who’ve reached the age of 40 or older are eligible for the offer.Â
Offer obtainable till May 31
“This is in reference to the organisational announcement dated March 17. In this regard, please note that the last date to apply for Voluntary Retirement in terms of the above Organizational Announcement for all the eligible employees has been extended till 31 May 2023. However, the acceptance of the application and the date of release will continue to be subject to management’s discretion,” a communication from Air India stated. “In case of any queries or concerns, please reach out to the HR representatives for clarification,” it added.
Voluntary retirement offer of Air India
The airline in March made a voluntary retirement offer for its non-flying workers, the second such offer by the Tata Group after taking management of the loss-making airline in January final 12 months.
The newest offer will likely be open to everlasting basic cadre officers who’ve reached the age of 40 or older and have served the airline for a minimal of 5 years repeatedly. Also, employees within the administrative and unskilled classes who’ve served repeatedly for at the least 5 years are eligible.
A complete of round 2,100 employees will likely be eligible to avail of the most recent voluntary retirement offer. Currently, the airline has a workers power of about 11,000 folks, together with flying and non-flying workers. Meanwhile, employees have requested that the extra perk of voluntary retirement be made obtainable to all everlasting employees.
In June 2022, Air India launched the primary section of the voluntary retirement offer. Then, each flying and non-flying workers had been coated. At that point, round 4,200 employees had been eligible and out of them, round 1,500 folks opted for the offer.
