Colombo (LNW): More than one thousand (1,100) employees of the State Engineering Corporation have volunteered to retire, however an amount of Rs. 2.6 billion is required to compensate them, revealed Corporation Chriaman Rathnasiri Kalupahana.
In the backdrop, there is a problematic situation with regard to acquiring the necessary funds for compensating employees who wish to retire voluntarily.
In the inability of paying the employees their full salary for the month of June, a tense situation arose at the SEC yesterday (07), and the Corporation Chief noted that it was not possible to settle the full salary to the SEC employees.
However, the full salary will be paid next Monday (10), he added.
