HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION CORPORATE OFFICE, PLOT NO-4, SECTOR-10 DWARKA, NEW DELHI-110 075 HO:HRMD:IG:19-20 26th March, 2020 TO ALL OFFICES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION CIRCULAR NO. 494/2020 MASTER CIRCULAR ON IR MATTERS RELATED TO WORKMEN STAFF The policy on IR matters, duly approved by the Board effective from 01/04/2020 for workmen staff after amalgamation of OBC & UBI into PNB is enclosed herewith. All concerned are advised to note the contents of this circular for meticulous compliance. 74070 (DINESH SAXENA) GENERAL MANAGER Encl: As above 27/03/2020 08:36 INDEX S.No. Subject Page No. 1 Posting of Daftary 01 2 Posting of Drivers 02 3 Fitment on promotion from Clerical Cadre to Officer 03-06 Cadre 4 Fitment on promotion from Subordinate Cadre to 07-09 Clerical Cadre 5 Posting of Head Cashier-II and related matters 10-11 6 Posting of Head Peons 12 7 Conduct of Industrial Relations Machinery Meetings 13-15 8 Payment of Officiating Allowance 16-18 9 Overtime to Workmen Staff 19-20 10 Posting & fixation of wages of Part Time Employees 21-23 (Sweepers). 11 Policy & Procedure concerning promotion of Clerks & 24-30 Special Assistants as Officers and direct recruitment of officers and related matters 12 Policy & Procedure in respect74070 of promotion from 31-34 subordinate cadre to clerical cadre and related matters. 13 Recruitment of Subordinate Staff 35-46 14 Posting of Single Window Operator-B and related 47-48 matters 15 Policy & procedure concerning27/03/2020 posting of Clerks 08:36 as 49-64 Special Assistants and related matters 16 Transfer Guidelines of workmen staff 65-71 17 Recruitment of Clerical staff 72 18 Disciplinary Action against Workmen staff and 73-75 procedure thereof 19 Fixation of inter-se seniority in the Subordinate Cadre 76 in the case of equality in the length of service CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) POSTING OF DAFTARY 1. Daftary allowance may be sanctioned at all the offices irrespective of number of vouchers and Competent Authority to sanction Daftary Allowance in such cases will be the Circle Head on the basis of city/town wise seniority. 2. Those who are designated as Chowkidar or Watchman or Armed Guard are not to be designated as Daftary. 3. An employee in the Subordinate Cadre whose designation is changed from Chowkidar/Armed Guard etc to Peon/Peon-cum--- (designation) will not be eligible for officiating/posting as Daftary for a period of 2 years from the date of change of designation. However, after two years, their entire service in Subordinate Cadre will be taken into account for officiating/ posting as Daftary. 4. The job profile of Daftary will be as prescribed under the provisions of Bipartite Settlements signed at Industry level. 5. The refusal to officiate or to accept74070 permanent posting as Daftary will result in debarring the employee from officiating and permanent posting as Daftary for a period of one year from the date of refusal or date of offer. 6. Officiating against the post of Daftary may be allowed to the eligible Subordinate cadre employee on the basis of the office/branch-wise seniority of the Subordinate staff (except PTS/FTS). In other words, temporary officiating as Daftary in a branch/Division will be provided to the senior most 27/03/2020Peon who is not debarred 08:36 for posting as Daftary. ******* 1 CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) POSTING OF DRIVERS (As per provisions of Bipartite Settlement dated 27.4.2010) 1. Currently, there are 150 employees in Subordinate Cadre in PNB, OBC & UBI who have been posted in branches/offices with designation as Driver or Peon-cum- Driver and their services are being utilized accordingly as per requirement of the Bank. 2. The duties of Drivers are mentioned in BPS dated 27.04.2010 as ‘persons required to drive, maintain and effect minor repairs (not requiring a technician’s skill) to motor cars, motor vans, station wagons, scooters, motor cycles or other motor vehicles.’ 3. Although no direct appointment for the post of Driver / Peon-cum-Driver has been made in any of the three banks for a substantial period of time but all those who had previously been appointed are currently engaged with Currency Chest or higher authorities/top executives or been posted in various branches/offices and their services are being utilized as per requirement of the Bank. 4. This will continue to be operational in the amalgamated entity and any change as regards duties / posting of employees74070 in Subordinate staff drawing Driver allowance will be decided by the Bank. ******* 27/03/2020 08:36 2 CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) FITMENT OF SALARY OF CLERKS AND SPECIAL ASSISTANTS ON PROMOTION AS OFFICERS IN JUNIOR MANAGEMENT GRADE SCALE-I (As per MoU with AIPNBEF dated 16.10.2015) 1. The workmen in Clerical Cadre promoted on or after 01.11.2012 as officer in JMG Scale-I will be fitted in the pay scale as applicable to officers in JMG Scale-I as per the following Table:- Fitment at corresponding Stage Pay in Clerical Cadre stage in Junior Management Grade Scale-I 1 11765 23700 2 12420 23700 3 13075 23700 4 13730 23700 5 14545 23700 6 7407015360 23700 7 16175 23700 8 17155 23700 9 18135 23700 10 19115 24680 11 27/03/202020095 08:36 25660 12 21240 26640 13 22385 27620 14 23530 28600 15 24675 29580 16 25820 30560 17 26965 31705 3 CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) Fitment at corresponding Stage Pay in Clerical Cadre stage in Junior Management Grade Scale-I 18 28110 32850 19 30230 34160 20 31540 35470 +1 32850 36780 +2 34160 38090 +3 35470 39400 +4 36780 40710 +5 38090 42020 +6 39400 42020 +7 40710 42020 +8 42020 42020 2. The promotee officer after fitment as above will draw his next increment in the Officer’s scale on the anniversary date74070 of his last increment in Clerical Cadre and thereafter he will draw his further increments every year on the same date. However, in view of the clubbing of stages in the fitment table, the employee in the lower clubbed stage of Clerical scale of pay will get his next increment after promotion on the anniversary date of promotion. 3. Those who were drawing a basic pay between the 1st& 9th stage in the Clerical scale given in the above table will 27/03/2020be fitted at the minimum 08:36 of the Officer’s scale and will draw their next increment on the anniversary date of promotion. 4. a) Those who have completed more than one year at basic pay of Rs.31540, Rs.32850, Rs.34160, Rs.35470& Rs.36780 will draw their next increment on the anniversary date of their last increment in the Clerical Cadre immediately following the date of promotion and will draw their subsequent annual increment on the same date. Those who have completed less than one year at basic pay of Rs.31540, Rs.32850, Rs.34160, Rs.35470& Rs.36780 will draw their next increment after fitment, 4 CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) on the anniversary date of promotion and thereafter, draw their annual increments every year on the same date. b) Those who have completed more than one year at basic pay of Rs.38090, Rs.39400 & Rs.40710 will be given fitment in the Officer’s scale at Rs.42020/- and will earn their next increment on the anniversary date of promotion subject to crossing their Efficiency Bar as per guidelines issued by the Government under Regulation 5 of Officers’ Service Regulations. c) In all cases where promotee officers reach the maximum stage in the substantive JMG Scale-I (Rs.42020/-), further increment in the next higher scale will be subject to crossing their Efficiency Bar as per guidelines issued by the Government under Regulation 5 of Officers’ Service Regulations. 5. Promotees who are drawing Fixed Personal Pay in terms of Settlement dated 25.05.2015 may continue to draw the same quantum of Fixed Personal Pay even after promotion which will remain unaltered till revised. 6. If the promotee officer has passed JAIIB or CAIIB at the time of his promotion, notional basic pay will be arrived at after reducing the increments earned for passing JAIIB/CAIIB, from the clerical basic pay. He will then be fitted in the Officer’s scale in accordance with the above table and appropriate one or two increments in the Officer’s scale will be added with basic pay so fixed. The date of increment will be determined as per (2) above, if after reduction of increments74070 in the Clerical scale, the basic pay falls in the lower clubbed stage. This adjustment, however, will not be made where the number of increments to be reduced is higher than the number of increments to be granted. 7. If despite the fitment as above, the emoluments (basic pay and dearness allowance) drawn as an officer on promotion are less than the emoluments (basic pay and stagnation increment, if any, functional special pay on permanent basis and dearness allowance) drawn as a27/03/2020 Clerk, the difference 08:36 may be protected by way of Temporary Personal Allowance to be wiped off, in three years, at the rate of 1/3 Temporary Personal Allowance. This allowance will not rank for dearness allowance and superannuation benefits. 8. If an employee has passed CAIIB after reaching the 20th stage of the Clerical Cadre and promoted to Officer’s scale subsequently, he/she will be granted one increment for passing CAIIB Part-I/JAIIB and another increment for passing CAIIB Part- II after fitment in Officer’s scale as per his/her clerical stage of pay before promotion 5 CONFIDENTIAL (Strictly for internal circulation only) 9.