The mayor of Panchkula on Friday directed to release the salary of over 300 workers who were not wearing smart watches by deducting their three-day pay.
The decision was made during a finance and contract committee meeting which was headed by mayor Kulbhushan Goyal wherein ongoing projects were discussed
Three-day salary of over 300 employees will be deducted as they were not wearing smart watches when the mayor inspected the attendance system last week,” minutes of the meeting mentions. The GPS-installed smart watches have been given to the workers associated with the municipal corporation to mark attendance.
The mayor had earlier issued directions not to release their salary, but now the ‘punishment’ has been limited to a three-day salary cut, it added. Also, as the tender of the company overseeing the work of the attendance system is about to get over, the mayor has directed to issue new tenders.
