Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

The country’s largest passenger carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India has issued a notice declaring a lock-out at the company’s Manesar plant facility. The company has taken this step due to strong concern on the safety and security of the personnel. However, the company’s other facilities, including the operations in Gurgaon, will continue to function normally.

The company was rocked by labour violence which took place on July 18, 2012. A General Manager, Awanish Kumar Dev, was burnt to death by the mob of workers inside the plant facilities and nearly a hundred managers and supervisors sustained serious and critical injuries and had to be hospitalized. The mobs also set fire to the office wing and the main gate.

Due to this the management’s most important concern at this time is the safety and security of its supervisory and management personnel. Besides, the management firmly believes that unless the causes are identified and appropriate corrective action is in place it would be unsafe for supervisors and managers to resume work.

Following the incidents of violence and arson at the Manesar facility, the company’s management believes that if employees are asked to report for work at the facility, their lives will be endangered.