TITA asks IT firms to announce paid holiday on Polling Day
Hyderabad, April 25 (INN): Even after election authorities making it clear that companies in the Information Technology sector are not exempted and will have to declare a paid holiday on the day of polling, it is observed that many IT companies have not yet announced a paid Holiday on April 30, Telangana IT Association Sundeep Kumar Makthala said.
In a media statement, Sundeep said that as per the provision of Section 135 B (i) of the Representation of People (RP) Act, every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote, shall be granted a holiday on April 30, the day of Poll in Telangana.
'Of nearly 1200 IT companies in Hyderabad, less than 30 per cent have officially announced a paid holiday on April 30. As per the information received by us, some companies are granting two hour permission for its employees to cast their votes.
Practically this may be very absurd as majority of the IT employees must travel to remote places to cast their votes. Considering the above cases, we request all the IT companies to announce a paid holiday for the employees to cast their votes,' Sundeep said.
If a company is not declaring the paid holiday on the day of voting, the employees can approach TITA and it would take up the matter with the Election commission of India.
News Posted: 25 April, 2014
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