With main culprits of the 18 July violence at Manesar plant yet to be arrested, Maruti Suzuki today said it remains concerned over the safety of its employees.
‘Twelve days after the violence and arson at the Manesar Plant, the culprits continue to be at large. Concerned about the safety and security of its people, the company is not in a position to take a decision on resuming operations at the Manesar plant,’ Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
The company will announce its decision to reopen the plant only when it is assured of employee safety, it added.
Talking about the injured, MSI said, ‘The injured employees are receiving medical attention. It will take them a while to recover from injuries sustained during the violence.’
Following the violence, in which killed one senior executive was killed and 100 others were injured, the company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on 21 July saying the safety and welfare of the employees were paramount. Work at Gurgaon plant continues to be normal.
The company had last week said it formed a 25-member team, drawn from its various departments, to take care of the injured employees.
The Haryana government had announced a special investigation team (SIT), headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Tomar, to probe the incident. The police have so far arrested nearly 100 workers.
The Haryana government has appointed eminent criminal lawyer KTS Tulsi as special public prosecutor for the trial of the accused in violence.
Meanwhile, the company has run out of stock for two of its best selling models, Swift and DZire, that are produced at Manesar. However, the company has not stopped the bookings and the order backlog has crossed 1.2 lakh.
Severely impacted by MSI’s lockout, component suppliers have also cut down their production drastically and may even layoff contract labourers to keep expenditures under control.
'VIOLENCE MAY HURT JOB CREATION'
The recent violence at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar can have a long-term and unprecedented impact on job creation and employment in the country, says Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), an apex body of the temporary staffing industry in India. Maruti Suzuki has declared a lockout following violence on 18 July, at its Manesar plant, in which a senior executive was burnt alive and 100 others were injured.
The incident should serve as an eye opener for the country as it indicates ‘an extreme situation of non-existent social dialogue that leads to situations of extreme mistrust which is behind such ghastly incidents’, ISF which represents firms having over 3.5 lakh temporary staff on its rolls said. ‘The incident has also brought to the fore the debate over contract labour. The time is now ripe to revisit the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and seek a paradigm shift in our approach to and definition of contract labour in india,’ ISF said.
‘Twelve days after the violence and arson at the Manesar Plant, the culprits continue to be at large. Concerned about the safety and security of its people, the company is not in a position to take a decision on resuming operations at the Manesar plant,’ Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
The company will announce its decision to reopen the plant only when it is assured of employee safety, it added.
Talking about the injured, MSI said, ‘The injured employees are receiving medical attention. It will take them a while to recover from injuries sustained during the violence.’
Following the violence, in which killed one senior executive was killed and 100 others were injured, the company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on 21 July saying the safety and welfare of the employees were paramount. Work at Gurgaon plant continues to be normal.
The company had last week said it formed a 25-member team, drawn from its various departments, to take care of the injured employees.
The Haryana government had announced a special investigation team (SIT), headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Tomar, to probe the incident. The police have so far arrested nearly 100 workers.
The Haryana government has appointed eminent criminal lawyer KTS Tulsi as special public prosecutor for the trial of the accused in violence.
Meanwhile, the company has run out of stock for two of its best selling models, Swift and DZire, that are produced at Manesar. However, the company has not stopped the bookings and the order backlog has crossed 1.2 lakh.
Severely impacted by MSI’s lockout, component suppliers have also cut down their production drastically and may even layoff contract labourers to keep expenditures under control.
'VIOLENCE MAY HURT JOB CREATION'
The recent violence at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar can have a long-term and unprecedented impact on job creation and employment in the country, says Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), an apex body of the temporary staffing industry in India. Maruti Suzuki has declared a lockout following violence on 18 July, at its Manesar plant, in which a senior executive was burnt alive and 100 others were injured.
The incident should serve as an eye opener for the country as it indicates ‘an extreme situation of non-existent social dialogue that leads to situations of extreme mistrust which is behind such ghastly incidents’, ISF which represents firms having over 3.5 lakh temporary staff on its rolls said. ‘The incident has also brought to the fore the debate over contract labour. The time is now ripe to revisit the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and seek a paradigm shift in our approach to and definition of contract labour in india,’ ISF said.