The Principal Labour Court, Chennai, has directed Nippon Express India (P) Ltd., which provides logistics service to car maker Renault-Nissan, along with its contractor Arkayees Consultant to jointly pay overtime wages totalling ₹1.1 crore to 43 drivers.
In their petitions, the drivers said about 75 employees were working for Nippon since March 11, 2011. All of them worked for 12 hours a day, but the management gave salary only for eight hours and did not pay overtime wages as per the law, they alleged.
