Non-payment of bonus before Navroz has soured ties
between the Bombay Parsi Punchayet and its employees
In a show of strength the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustees have sent show cause notices to the 226 employees who took mass casual leave on August 21 in protest of non payment of bonus before Navroz, August 17 this year. The notice dated August 27 stated the employees "in a concerted manner and by way of a common understanding unauthorizedly abstained yourself from work. The abstention from duty was without any reasonable cause, on account of which, the activities of the Punchayet were disrupted and/or adversely affected.” The employees were "required to submit (their) reply within 72 hours of......