Friday, June 03, 2011

Revision of hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factor of Workshops and PUs.


No. IRTSA/Memo/RB/13-2011/Inc - SSE                                  Dated: 31-05-2011

Additional Member (PU),
Railway Board,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Subject: Revision of hourly rates of Bonus and bonus factor of Workshops/PUs in respect of staff under CRJ pattern/GIS-Clarification – Second Clarification.

Regarding: Eligible SSE to be paid incentive at 15% of the basic pay granted to them on financial upgradation under MACPS

Ref: Railway Boarder letter No.2008/M(W)/814/38, Dated 29.10.2009, 23.02.2010 and 27.7.2010

Reg. Revision of hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factor of Workshops and PUs.

   1. We seek your kind intervention in respect of confusion and injustice on account of Railway Board’s Clarification dated 27.7.2010 on revision of hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factor in Workshops and PUs.

   2. As per Board’s letter No. 99/M(Prod.)814/35 dated 22.5.2000 and 16.03.2004, SSEs (Senior Section Engineers) supervising the staff working on the shop floor are entitled for payment of incentive bonus at the rate of 15% of the basic pay.

   3. After the implementation of SCPC recommendations Railway Boarder through it’s letter No.2008/M(W)/814/38, Dated 29.10.2009 granted incentive bonus at the rate of 15% of revised basic pay w.e.f. 1.12.2009. Board also further clarified in its letter even no. dated 23.02.2010 that, Incentive payment should be decided on the basis of the post/designation held by the employee and the hourly rate/bonus factor corresponding to that post/designation.

   4. Para 16 of annexure of MACPS order (RBE N0.101/2009, dated 10.06.2009) states that, on grant of financial up-gradation under the scheme, there shall be no change in the designation, classification or higher status.

   5. However, financial and certain other benefits which are linked to the pay drawn by an employee such as HBA, allotment of Government accommodation shall be permitted. At no place it was stated that the basic pay being granted on financial up-gradation should be treated as officiating pay. For all purposes - including retirement benefits - basic pay granted on financial up-gradation is being treated as regular pay.

   6. But, the Railway Board in it’s second clarification on 27.7.2010 (on incentive bonus) advised an unjust practice of granting incentive at flat rate of 15% of the basic pay of the regular post held by SSE and not the basic pay granted to them on financial upgradation under MACPS. This is completely discriminatory and impracticable, since pay granted on financial up-gradation is not officiating pay.

   7. Basic pay/Grade Pay drawn before the financial up-gradation cannot be taken as substantive pay. This violates the basic sprit of MACPS recommendations that the benefits linked to basic pay shall be permitted in the pay granted on financial upgradation due to MACPS.

   8. Hence it is requested that the second clarification issued by Railway Board on 27.7.2010 may please be withdrawn, and the SSE be allowed the Incentive Bonus @ 15% of the Basic Pay granted on financial up-gradation due to MACPS.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-
(Harchandan Singh),
General Secretary, IRTSA

Source; IRTSA

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