Majority of contractual employees to be regularised soon: Punjab Cabinet sub-committee

A Punjab Cabinet sub-committee assured employee unions that a majority of contractual employees in the state will be regularised soon, according to an official statement.

The Cabinet sub-committee comprising Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, EMPLOYMENT Generation Minister Aman Arora, Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, and Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh met with representatives of various employee unions and associations, it said.

The cabinet sub-committee also assured the unions that the has already started working on framing a policy for outsourced employees to ensure that they can also get benefits such as yearly increments in salary and leaves.