Following the successful conclusion of discussions between the Indian Banks Association (IBA) and several bank employees’ unions on Friday, staff of the state-owned banks are anticipated to get a number of incentives.
The PSU bank employees’ monthly income is predicted to increase by 17% following this IBA bank union agreement, while the Dearness Allowance (DA) is anticipated to increase by 8088 points. The pay increase will take effect on November 1, 2023. All Saturdays are now recognized as holidays for PSU bank employees, according to a joint statement released by the IBA and several bank employees’ unions.
This agreement opens the door for five days of work each week. The top 5 perks offered to PSU Bank staff The following is a list of the top 5 perks that state-owned bank workers will receive following the IBA and bank employees’ unions:
17% increase in pay: Following the agreement between the IBA and the bank employees union, PSU bank employees would see a 17% pay increase According to the joint statement, “the entire amount of the salary revision increase (payslip component) is more than ₹828 crore, which represents 17% of the public sector banks’ establishment expenses related to the payslip component.” As stated in the joint declaration, “Officers who have completed CAIIB (CAIIB Part-II) shall be eligible for two increments w.e.f. November 1, 2022.
The pay increase will take effect on November 1, 2022.
Kindness Allowance Merger: The new PSU bank employees’ pay scales are scheduled to see the merger of DA corresponding to 8088 points following the IBA, bank employees union deal. “After combining the Dearness Allowance corresponding to 8088 points and the additional load thereon, the new pay scales were created.
The joint statement states that the effective load on the basic salary following the merger of the dearness allowance at 30.38% is 4.20% with the applicable load of 3.22%.
5-day work week: The joint declaration continued by saying that, as the joint note designates all Saturdays as bank holidays, the agreement will allow PSU bank staff to work five days a week. Reworking the DA formula: According to the joint note, the conversion factor will go from 0.06 to 0.99 as per the 2016 = 100 series, benefiting bank employees with an increased dearness allowance.
The index for DA will be altered from 1960 = 100 to 201+6 = 100. “The Dearness Allowance merger resulted in a conversion factor of 0.0549. The benefit is extended to serving and retired bank officers and is now set at 0.06 instead of being rounded to 0.05, as stated in the joint letter.
New pay scales: Effective November 1, 2022, all pay scales from scale I to VII will be covered by the new pay scales, which range from ₹48,480 to ₹1,73,860.