A dialogue program was organized by the Contract Labor Cell of the Personnel Department of Bokaro Steel Plant for the engineers in charge of various work orders and the officers of the Personnel Department. There were about 250 participants in this programme organized in the main auditorium of Human Resource Development. Notably the purpose of this programme was to provide information to the participants about the minimum wage rates for contract workers, benefits related to provident fund, facilities available under Employees State Insurance, etc. so that they can ensure proper benefits to the workers working under them.
Executive Director (Works) Birendra Kumar Tiwari and Executive Director (Personnel and Administration) Rajan Prasad were present on the occasion. At the beginning of the programme, Hari Mohan Jha, Chief General Manager (Personnel), while welcoming all the present, threw light on the objective of the programme. After that Pankaj Kumar, Manager (Personnel - Contract Labor Cell) shared information related to the facilities available to the contract workers through a presentation.
Addressing the participants, the ED Tiwari said that at present the contribution of contract workers in the progress of the plant cannot be ignored, and it becomes our responsibility to ensure that proper facilities available to them reach them. But at the same time the contract workers also have to work keeping in mind the interest of the plant and any practice promoting wrong work culture will not be tolerated.
ED Prasad in his address said that Bokaro Steel Plant is committed to ensure payment of wages to the workers at the rates notified by the contractors and the Engineers-in-Charge and Personnel Department officials have contributed a lot in ensuring this. With the combined efforts of all, further improvements can be brought in the existing systems. Also in the open house session, ED Works and ED Personnel and Administration listened to the suggestions of the participants and also resolved their queries. The programme was coordinated by Pranjali, General Manager (Personnel-Contract Labor Cell).