Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has sought a report on non-payment of salaries to the contract employees of Osmania General Hospital.
On coming to know that contract employees of Osmania General Hospital have not received salaries since past three months and also about the non remittance of EPF and ESI amounts of contract employees in Osmania General Hospital Hyderabad under the contractorship of Gowri Mahila Mandali, the Union Minister immediately reacted and directed R.S. Rao, Regional Director, ESI Corporation and Kondru Ravindra Kumar, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner – II to submit him a Fact Finding Report immediately after inspection and interaction with the Contract Workers on the issue. On receipt of the direction from the Union Minister, officials of EPF and ESI Corporation constituted teams to prepare the Fact Finding Report.
Dattatraya informed that action would be taken immediately by the officials and assured the workers that justice would be accorded to all of them as per due procedure of law. (INN)