Tata Steel to continue paying salaries till retirement to family of COVID-deceased employee
According to the announcement made by the company, “Tata Steel's best-in-class social security schemes will help ensure an honourable standard of living for their families, whereby the family will get the last drawn salary till 60 years of the age of the deceased employee/nominee along with medical benefits and housing facilities.”
The statement released by the company further stated that for all its frontline employees, who as part of their job, met with an unfortunate death due to COVID-19, the company will bear all the expenses of their children’s education till graduation in India.
“The Company has always been a shield of steel, supporting its stakeholders at all times. This time is no different. Tata Steel family stands stoically with its entire people, committed to their security and well-being,” it read.
Additionally, Tata Steel had recently announced that it has increased its daily oxygen supply limit to 800 tonnes to centres where COVID-19 patients are being treated.
According to reports, Tata Group is also making arrangements to airlift 60 cryogenic oxygen tankers from overseas, of which 14 have already arrived. The Group is working on setting up about 400 oxygen-generating units to be used in smaller towns.
