The cash-strapped Jet Airways has been in trouble for a long time now, adding to its woes the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner’s office has issued a notice to the airlines for not depositing provident fund (PF) of employees since March 2019. The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner’s office has also directed Jet Airways management to pay up the provident fund immediately.
According to Mumbai Mirror, the notice was issued by the assistant provident fund commissioner Dilip Rathod. He told the leading daily that he had sent an inspector to the Jet Airways office but no payment was done. He further added, “As per our records, Jet Airways has 13,839 employees. We will give money to employees as claims come. If anyone needs an advance, we can give that as well.”
In the meanwhile, the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner has also warned Jet Airways that they will start an inquiry under Section 7 of the Provident Fund and Misc Act, 1952. The PF commissioner has also said that they will register an FIR with the police under sections 406 and 409 of the IPC. NCP leader Kiran Pawaskar who heads trade unions of the Jet Airways told the Mumbai Mirror, “I had met Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve expressing a lot of apprehensions and it was forwarded to the Economic Offences Wing. On Thursday, some staffers were called for registering the statement. Naresh Goyal and the SBI representative must also come to the conciliation hearing to the Labour and PF Commissioner’s office. They must take a quick decision about giving PF share immediately.”
