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Worker profile - Arvind Kumar
Published: 2 June 2008
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Arvind Kumar Arvind is 38 years old has worked for G4S since 2001. He lives with his brother’s family in Delhi, his wife and daughter stay in his native Bihar. He sees his family once every two months, and saves some of his salary to send home to support them. He became a Gunman because he has a gun license and his own weapon. He works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week without a day off and only 15 days paid leave per year. The overtime he works is paid at single, not double rates. “Working 12 hours is hard, but if I only work 8 hours my salary is not good. After 12 hours duty I am so tired I just come home, eat and sleep” he says. |
“Earlier, G4S used to arrange shooting tests for our weapons twice a year, to check the condition of our guns. This hasn’t happened for the last two years”
“G4S are not kind to our working conditions, my provident fund is deducted only from my basic salary”
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