Police complaint lodged against five companies in Chennai
Posted on: 25/Apr/2014 11:25:19 AM
Police complaint was lodged by Election authorities against five companies in Chennai for functioning on the day of Lok Sabha polling in Tamil Nadu on Thursday in violation of rules and sent back around 3,000 employees’ home to enable them to vote.
Officials said they received complaints from employees of major IT firms that they had been asked to report for duty despite the provision in law that employers and commercial establishments must grant holiday with wages for their employees on polling day.
More than 3,000 workers in these well-known IT companies reported for duty in the morning and were in the office when EC officials swooped on them and sent them out.
The four companies have been sealed and a first information report has been filed against them.
