Over 150 terminated employees of TNUHDB demand reinstatement

Employees say they were terminated without notice during pandemic

Over 150 contract employees of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board TNUHDB), who were recently terminated without any notice, have appealed to the State Government to reinstate them.

Expressing disappointment about the sudden termination in the middle of the pandemic, some of them who had worked at the Board for nearly 20 years, said that it would not be possible for them to find another job. Those terminated were part of a group of 260 contract employees in the roles of junior assistants, typists and office assistants. Their experience at the Board ranged from less than two years to 20 years.

While the Board was engaging these contract employees directly, a few years ago it outsourced the contract to Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (ELCOT), which in turn outsourced it to a private company. “Many of us have do not know have any connection with ELCOT or the private company. However, on paper, we are technically the employees of the private company,” said one of the terminated employees.