@apskhinda Dear,Why hasn't your association or your employees approached the Hon'ble High Court? Employees working in societies are also eligible for gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. We have already filed a writ petition before the Hon'ble Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Many employees have spent their entire careers on contract without regularization or career progression. Salary revisions remain inadequate compared to rising living costs, causing financial hardship and mental stress. Their long-standing demand is simple:
Despite their crucial role in HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and counselling services, they continue to face job insecurity, inadequate remuneration, and the absence of basic social security benefits such as EPF, ESI, pension, and ex gratia support.
NACO Contractual Employees β Pathetic Situation
For more than two decades, thousands of NACO contractual employees have been serving the National AIDS Control Programme with dedication and commitment. . βπ»
After two decades of service, dedicated employees are still treated as temporary, facing a future without pension or benefits. We have delivered for India's 95-95-99 goals, but we continue to face discrimination and insecurity. Justice, Equality, and Dignitthat is all we ask for.
After two decades of service, dedicated employees are still treated as temporary, facing a future without pension or benefits. We have delivered for India's 95-95-99 goals, but we continue to face discrimination and insecurity. Justice, Equality, and Dignitthat is all we ask for.
After two decades of service, dedicated employees are still treated as temporary, facing a future without pension or benefits. We have delivered for India's 95-95-99 goals, but we continue to face discrimination and insecurityJustice, Equality, and Dignity that is all we ask for.
20+ years of dedicated service to India's HIV/AIDS programme, yet many NACO contractual employees continue without EPF, ESI, Gratuity, Pension, Health Insurance, Medical Reimbursement, Leave Encashment, Career Progression, or Job Security.
If NACO is governed by the Constitution of India and general labour welfare principles, on what legal basis can it state that similarly placed NACP contractual employees have βno rightβ to remuneration revision while extending benefits only to one cadre?