A court of law has barred Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) from hiring new workforce, mostly on officer’s positions, after existing employees approached the court to get overdue promotions which have been on hold for several years. An SSGC employee, who was among those awaiting promotions, told The Express Tribune that an officers’ association had filed the case pleading the court to ban new recruitments and they should be promoted into the next grade. He said the management had already taken written tests and viva of the employees and opted to hire new human resources instead of promoting the existing employees. He added that the management had promoted general managers and employees falling in grade 7-8, but withheld promotions of officers falling in grade 2-6. “There are some 500-600 employees waiting for promotion since 2013.”The court’s interim order reads that counsel of the petitioner draws attention of the court to the promotion policy of SSGC for the year 2017-18, wherein it is mentioned that “this orientation will help in familiarisation with the assessment centres so they can be promoted on merit only”.

Source: The Express Tribune October 24, 2020 03:56 UTC