Amazon gets Pune labour commissioner notice after complaint about layoffs

Ecommerce giant recently announced it would lay off 18% of its workforce globally

Pune’s Labour Commissioner Office has sent a notice to Amazon after a group alleged the ecommerce giant had illegally implemented a voluntary separation policy and layoffs. Amazon was asked to be present at the commissioner’s office on January 17.

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) said in a complaint that according to the Industrial Dispute Act an employer cannot, without prior permission from the appropriate government, lay off an employee on the muster rolls of the establishment.

A worker who has served for at least a year of continuous service cannot be retrenched unless served a notice three months