Ludhiana, Jan. 7 -- Employees of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited under the banner of the PSEB Employees Joint Forum Bijli Mulazam Ekta Manch Punjab and allied unions have opposed a recent circular issued by the power utility that allows linemen with just six years of service to be assigned assistant junior engineer duties terming the move arbitrary unsafe and anti-employee.

The unions said that instead of promoting eligible employees to the post of junior engineer the management has opted for a stop gap arrangement by assigning additional JE charge to linemen. Under this system, employees would perform the same technical administrative and safety related responsibilities as additional junior engineers but without being granted the...