New Delhi: Air India on Thursday decided to do away with performance-linked incentives (PLI) as part of pay and wage rationalisation exercise according to the report of Justice Dharmadhikari Committee.
However, the airline has decided to introduce Profit or Productivity Related Pay (PRP) in place of PLI for its employees.
The employees of Air India would now get their salary and allowances as per the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) guidelines from July 1 onwards.
However, for payment of flying allowances and some other allowances to pilots, engineers and cabin crews as per the industry standard, the Civil Aviation Ministry would approach the Union Cabinet, a Civil Aviation Ministry spokesperson said.
"In view of the acceptance of the Justice Dharmadhikari Committee Report on pay and wage rationalisation of Air India by the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, it has been decided to discontinue payment of productivity linked incentives (PLI) to the employees of Air India with effect from July 1," the spokesperson said.
Rationalisation of pay and wages was one of the key recommendations of Justice Dharmadhikari Committee report, as the cash-strapped national carrier, which got a Rs 30,000-crore equity infusion from the government for nine years, had a wage bill of Rs 3,200 crore of which around 50 percent constituted PLI and flying allowances of the employees.
PRP would be determined on the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like yield, aircraft utilisation, passenger load factor, on-time performance and revenue achievement and it will be given only after the Company starts making profit," the spokesperson said.
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