Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Bank staff to get 15% wage hike as IBA inks pact

MUMBAI: Around one million employees of 43 banks, including state-owned ones, will get a 15% hike in salaries as the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) on Monday signed a wage agreement with unions and officers' associations that will impose an additional burden of up to Rs 8,370 crore on lenders. 

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The revision, applicable with effect from November 1, 2012, will benefit employees and officers in public sector banks, old private sector banks and a few foreign banks. The 15% hike would put an extra burden of Rs 4,725 crore on banks, IBA chairman T M Bhasin told reporters here. 

"The 15% wage revision would cost banks Rs 4,725 crore as incremental salary and allowances in a year. If superannuation cost is included, then the total burden would be around Rs 8,370 crore," Bhasin said. 


As a prudent measure, banks have been making provisions for wage hike for the past few years. For officers, the pay has been revised from existing range of Rs 14,500-Rs 52,000 to Rs 23,700-Rs 85,000. 

A special allowance for officers ranging from 7.75-11% of basic pay along with applicable dearness allowance has been introduced. 

The scale of pay of workmen and non-subordinate staff has been revised from Rs 7,200-Rs 19,300 to Rs 11,765-Rs 31,540 while the scale of pay of subordinate staff from Rs 5,850-Rs 11,350 to Rs 9,560-Rs 18,545. 

According to the new pact, a special allowance for workmen at 7.75% of basic pay along with applicable dearness allowance has also been introduced. Bhasin said arrears to the workmen will be given immediately and for officers' within 4-6 months. The bank employees will soon get holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays.

Source - Times Of India

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