Covid-19 deaths: Bank unions seek compensation for contractual staff

Those on contract are not being covered either by any medical insurance or reimbursement scheme for their treatment when they get infected nor by any financial compensation

Banks unions have sought financial compensation for the family of contractual employees who lose their lives due to coronavirus (Covid19) while on duty.
 

Banks have announced the compensation of Rs 0.20 crore as compensation to the family of regular employees who succumb to the coronavirus infection while on duty.
 

All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) in a communication to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that in addition to regular bank employees, contact and causal employee are also working in the banks during the pandemic. They have also been playing a crucial role in maintaining the essential banking services in the