Bank 5-Days Work Week
“After a lot of discussions, it has emerged that the total working hours can be increased by 40 minutes per day with cash transactions from 10 am to 4 pm and non-cash transactions upto 4.30 pm. IBA would take up the matter with higher authorities and concerned stake holders to take the issue further forward”.
BANK EMPLOYEES FEDERATION OF INDIA
NARESH PAUL CENTRE
53 Radha Bazar Lane (1st Floor), Kolkata – 700 001
7th March 2023
Circular No.12/2023
To all Units, Affiliates, Office Bearers, CC & GC Members
Dear Comrade,
5-Days Work Week
A meeting of UFBU was held on 24th Feb. 2023 virtually to discuss the captioned subject prior to a scheduled meeting on 28th Feb. 2023 between IBA and 8 constituent Unions / Associations. Except representatives of AIBOA, all other constituents attended the meeting. Com. C J Nandakumar, President of our Federation and the undersigned attended the virtual meeting.
In the meeting, after prolong discussion, it was unanimously decided that the Unions / Associations will stick to the UFBU suggestion of increasing 30 minutes per day to the proposal of IBA for increasing 45 minutes per day for introduction of 5-days work week in banks. It was further decided in the UFBU meeting that cash hours in the banks to be kept unchanged.
We received UFBU Circular No. 07/2023 dated 06.03.2023 this afternoon where it has been mentioned on the subject in regard to the meeting on 28th Feb. 2023 that, “After a lot of discussions, it has emerged that the total working hours can be increased by 40 minutes per day with cash transactions from 10 am to 4 pm and non-cash transactions upto 4.30 pm. IBA would take up the matter with higher authorities and concerned stake holders to take the issue further forward”.
With greetings,
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(Debasish Basu Chaudhury)
General Secretary
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