A Joint representation submitted by Petroleum Workers’ Union and HPCL Employees’ Union (cITU) To May 12, 2017 RECEIVED) J Reece ‘The Executive Director 12 MAY 2017 HPCL, Visakh Refinery actin eweferst Malkapuram, ECL Visakh Refinery Visakhapatnam Respected Sir, Sub: Restriction on the shift changes while there is acute shortage of manpower, our concerns — Reg. We would like to bring to your notice the issue of unnecessary restriction imposed on shift changes. The shift changes are mutually beneficial to the employees and the management as well to cover the shift complement particularly when there is a manpower shortage. ‘There has been acute manpower shortage in the refinery. Leaving alone the leave coverage, there are many vacancies in the schedules. Such shortage in the three rota shift positions are being covered on overtime basis. Most shift changes happens mostly because of shortage in the shift schedule and to cover the shift complement. And the present shift schedule pattern leads to double group in a shift every in a week. During such doubling shift schedules are so adjusted to cover the shortage in the other shifts to avoid unnecessary overtime generation. Now itself, even with such prudent manpower planning we are constrained to work much more overtime hours than those prescribed in the Factories Act that is FIFTY OVERTIME HOURS per a Quarter subjected to sixty working hours per week including overtime hours. In fact engaging workman on overtime needs specific permission from the Inspectorate of Factories. Kindly share with the Unions, if any, such permission is obtained. The overtime hours are to be intimated to the FactoriesDepartment and at the same time overtime slips are to be provided to the workman with the reasons for such overtime recoded in it. But in practice, such things are not being followed. While there is a shortage of manpower in non-management positions in many places, the non management employees are being utilized in the acting assignment or to cover extra jobs in the day shift. This is eventually burdening the non management with more overtime hours. At this juncture, we request to deploy the manpower to cover the all shift positions so as to minimize the overtime hours before putting restriction on the shift changes. Otherwise such restriction adversely effect the service conditions of the workman. Hence in the interest of industrial harmony, we request you to liberally allow the shift changes till the manpower including leave coverage is deployed. Otherwise we feel constrained to move the issue to the concern statutory authorities. ‘Thanking you sir Yours sincerely MM Naidu oe. General Secretary General Secretary Petroleum Workers’ Union HPCL Employees’ Union | RECEIVED 1a? Executive Director. V8 12-MAY 2017 hate eer