'Striking staff of 108 ambulance on wrong side'

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Company has made no violations of labour laws and motor vehicle act and those protesting are aware of the laws but have been influenced, said CEO Naresh Jain of Ziqitza Healthcare which is operating the strike ridden 108 ambulance service in the State.

Jain said that his company has not been issued any kind of notice from labour department and the company has itself taken the issue to Assistant labour Commissioner.

He claimed that the employees were on the wrong side as they went on strike when the negotiation talks were going on. New staff selection has been made and around 1000 employees would join by Saturday. The new selection comprises of the current employees also who were part of the protest.

Replying to a query he said that wages are paid according to the guidelines and revisions are done accordingly.

Another allegation which Jain denied was signing of bond or contract with the employees of not to protest.

He denied that the company blacklisted in Rajasthan and said that the matter is sub judice.

Three rounds of talks failed with the employees and the Government officials have also tried to assure the employees but they were not willing to end up the strike.

At the time of the strike the services were maintained by deploying temporary employees and the service level was affected by only 10-15 percent.

The company which attracted attention after its selection and maintained to attract attention across the state after its employees staged protest hitting badly the ambulance services.

He was not able to provide the numbers of callers which were not provided with help during the strike.  

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