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Healthcare workers and national members staged a protestation astatine the Ripon Buildings premises connected Thursday against the implementation of an app-based attendance system, which led to nonaccomplishment of wage adjacent astatine the slightest delay, according to the nurses.
The AITUC Federation had submitted a petition to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner G.S. Sameeran, stating that unit astatine Urban Primary Health Centres crossed 15 zones received salaries for lone up to 10 days.
The national demanded the contiguous disbursal of pending wages and requested the attraction of a manual attendance registry alongside the application.
A.R. Shanthi, secretary, Doctors’ Association for Social Equality, urged the civic assemblage to rectify bundle glitches, stating that the exertion failed to relationship for assorted displacement timings. She besides demanded eight-hour enactment shifts, compensatory clip off, and paid maternity leave.
Representing the protesters, N. Beulah John Selvaraj submitted their demands to the GCC Commissioner, who assured them that the pending salary, including the reconciled 5 days’ wage that was owed connected June 5, would beryllium credited soon.
‘Some received salary’
Sridevi, a nurse, said connected Saturday that of the astir 1,700 employees successful the department, immoderate had received the payment, portion others expected to person it connected Monday.
