Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Suspension or Termination of Employees
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES

## 206. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether Government is aware of random lay-offs of employees of the MNCs in the country;
- (b)if  so,  whether  Government  has  monthly  report  and  data  on  the
- suspension and or termination of staff since January 2017; and
- (c)if so, the action taken by Government with the agencies to continue
- their staffs and thereby expansion of projects thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (c): Labour  is  in  the  Concurrent  List.  State  Governments  are mandated  to  take  appropriate  action  on  the  disputes  falling  in  their sphere. Such data is not maintained centrally. However, Labour Bureau, an  attached  office  of  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  brings  out statistics on 'Industrial Disputes, Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in India' based on the voluntary returns received every month from the Labour Departments of the States and the Regional Labour Commissioners (Central). The information on layoffs and that on units affecting  Retrenchment  during  2017-2019  (received  till  27 th   January, 2020) are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

**                                                      *****

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.  206    to  be  answered  on 03/02/2020 raised by Shri DIBYENDU ADHIKARI regarding Suspension or Termination of Employees.

## Month-wise number of cases of Lay-offs, Actual number of Workers affected thereby during 2017 to 2019 (January to December) ( Provisional).

| MONTHS    | 2017                     | 2017                                            | 2017                           | 2017                                            | 2018                     | 2018                                            | 2018                           | 2018                                            | 2019                     | 2019                                            | 2019                           | 2019                                            |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| MONTHS    | No. of Cases             | No. of Cases                                    | Actual No. of Workers affected | Actual No. of Workers affected                  | No. of Cases             | No. of Cases                                    | Actual No. of Workers affected | Actual No. of Workers affected                  | No. of Cases             | No. of Cases                                    | Actual No. of Workers affected | Actual No. of Workers affected                  |
| MONTHS    | Started during the month | In progress during a part or whole of the month | Started during the month       | In progress during a part or whole of the month | Started during the month | In progress during a part or whole of the month | Started during the month       | In progress during a part or whole of the month | Started during the month | In progress during a part or whole of the month | Started during the month       | In progress during a part or whole of the month |
| 1         | 2                        | 3                                               | 4                              | 5                                               | 6                        | 7                                               | 8                              | 9                                               | 10                       | 11                                              | 12                             | 13                                              |
| January   | 1                        | 19                                              | 223                            | 3491                                            | 1                        | 14                                              | 30                             | 2736                                            | 2                        | 15                                              | 222                            | 2784                                            |
| January   | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| February  | 3                        | 22                                              | 122                            | 3611                                            | 2                        | 15                                              | 162                            | 2861                                            | -                        | 15                                              | -                              | 2774                                            |
| February  | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| March     | 2                        | 20                                              | 1295                           | 4310                                            | 2                        | 16                                              | 124                            | 2967                                            | -                        | 14                                              | -                              | 2680                                            |
| March     | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| April     | 2                        | 21                                              | 300                            | 3408                                            | -                        | 15                                              | -                              | 2921                                            | -                        | 14                                              | -                              | 2671                                            |
| April     | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| May       | 2                        | 19                                              | 165                            | 3338                                            | -                        | 15                                              | -                              | 2909                                            | -                        | 12                                              | -                              | 2283                                            |
| June      | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| June      | 1                        | 18                                              | 78                             | 3149                                            | -                        | 13                                              | -                              | 2604                                            | 1                        | 13                                              | 40                             | 2320                                            |
| June      | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| July      | 1                        | 19                                              | 20                             | 3181                                            | -                        | 13                                              | -                              | 2596                                            | -                        | 13                                              | -                              | 2315                                            |
| July      | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| August    | 3                        | 20                                              | 289                            | 3335                                            | -                        | 13                                              | -                              | 2592                                            | -                        | 1                                               | -                              | 36                                              |
| August    | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| September | -                        | 17                                              | -                              | 3167                                            | 2                        | 15                                              | 291                            | 2889                                            | -                        | -                                               | -                              | -                                               |
| September | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| October   | 2                        | 19                                              | 263                            | 3412                                            | 1                        | 15                                              | 7                              | 2806                                            | -                        | -                                               | -                              | -                                               |
| November  | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
| November  | 2                        | 21                                              | 89                             | 3484                                            | -                        | 14                                              | -                              | 2594                                            | -                        | -                                               | -                              | -                                               |
| December  | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (1)                      | (1)                                             | (27)                           | (27)                                            | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |
|           | 1                        | 19                                              | 70                             | 3399                                            | -                        | 14                                              | -                              | 2610                                            | -                        | -                                               | -                              | -                                               |
|           | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             | (-)                      | (-)                                             | (-)                            | (-)                                             |

- =

Nil

## Note:

- 1.This statement is based on the returns/information received in the Bureau till 27th January, 2020.
2. The information within brackets relates to Central Sphere.

3. Figures are not to be added up to arrive at the annual figures for respective categories, as new and ongoing cases may run across months/years &/or get terminated in between.

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 206  to be answered  on  03/02/2020  raised  by  Shri  DIBYENDU  ADHIKARI  regarding  Suspension  or Termination of Employees.

Month-wise number of units affecting Retrenchment & Workers Retrenched thereby during 2017 to 2019 (January to December) (Provisional)

| MONTHS         | 2017         | 2017                    | 2018         | 2018                    | 2019         | 2019                    |
|----------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|
| MONTHS         | No. of Units | No. of Workers Affected | No. of Units | No. of Workers Affected | No. of Units | No. of Workers Affected |
| 1              | 6            | 7                       | 8            | 9                       | 10           | 11                      |
| January        | -            | -                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
|                | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| February       | -            | -                       | 1            | 9                       | -            | -                       |
| February       | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| March          | -            | -                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
| March          | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| April          | 1            | 44                      | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
| April          | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| May            | 1            | 6                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
| May            | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| June           | 1            | 1                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
| June           | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| July           | -            | -                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
|                | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| August         | -            | -                       | 4            | 61                      | -            | -                       |
|                | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| September      | 1            | 36                      | 1            | 1                       | -            | -                       |
|                | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| October        | -            | -                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
|                | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| November       | -            | -                       | 1            | 26                      | -            | -                       |
| November       | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| December       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       | -            | -                       |
| December       | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| TOTAL :        |              |                         |              |                         |              |                         |
| State Sphere   | 4            | 87                      | 7            | 97                      | -            | -                       |
| Central Sphere | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     | (-)          | (-)                     |
| GRAND TOTAL    | 4            | 87                      | 7            | 97                      | -            | -                       |

- = Nil

Note: 1.This statement is based on the returns/information received in the Bureau till 27th January, 2.The information within brackets relates to Central Sphere.

******