Indian Staff May Sue Italy Embassy Over Bias In Wages

[ChampakDas]

Indians employed in the Italian Embassy here receive less than one-third of the salaries paid to their Italian counterparts and have now sought permission from the ministry of external affairs (MEA) to sue the ambassador for discriminating them on the grounds of nationality and race.

The Indians employed in the Italian Embassy in the post of executive receive an annual salary between 6,652 and 7,225 euros, whereas the Italians in the same post are paid salary between 21,924 and 54,724 euros.

Counsel for the Indian employees in the Embassy, advocate Gopal Shankaranarayanan, has written to the MEA saying the ambassador and the government of Italy had not taken corrective measures despite repeated representations for corrections in the wage anomaly leaving no other option but to initiate legal proceedings for resolution of the dispute.

The employees had represented the ambassador saying, "It is apparent from a comparison of salaries being paid to your local contract-holder employees in these posts that locally hired executives are receiving salaries far below those given to their colleagues who are Italian nationals, regardless of the fact that the work being done is exactly the same."

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