Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it will start hiring new permanent employees for its troubled Manesar plant from tomorrow to replace those who have refused to sign the good conduct bond.
"The company further brought down its dependence on permanent workers who are refusing to sign 'Good Conduct Bond' and remaining absent from work at Manesar plant...The company will start fresh recruitment of regular workers from Tuesday," MSI said in a statement.
"Maruti Suzuki will allow only those workers to resume duties at Manesar plant who will sign the Good Conduct Bond," it added.
MSI said, as of today, 95 workers have signed the bond.
With 50 more ITI-trained and experienced workers at the Manesar plant, total workforce there has now reached 1,100 people, it added.
The standoff started last month when the management prevented workers from entering factory premises at the plant unless they signed a good conduct bond, following alleged sabotage and deliberate compromise on quality of cars.
The bond required the workers to declare that they would "not resort to go slow, intermittent stoppage of work, stay-in-strike, work-to-rule,
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