Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)

1. Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)
Presented by:
M Naveen Reddy

2. • VRS is one of the strategies introduced in the early 1980s in central public
sector undertakings (PSUs).
• It varies from company to company.
• VRS is a scheme whereby the employees are offered to voluntarily retire
from their services before to their retirement date.
• There shall be No Recruitment against vacancies arising out of VRS
WHAT IS VRS?

3. • The VRS candidates must have worked for the organization for minimum of
10 years and also the age of the worker must be minimum of 40 years.
• Employees not complying with these conditions still can apply for the early
separation but it would not be counted as the VRS legally. Thus these
employees won't be able to avail the benefit of tax exemption.
TECHNICALITIES

4. T H E G O L D E N H A N D S H A K E
• The most human technique to retrench the employees in the company today is
the voluntary retirement scheme.
• It is the golden handshake for the employees and the only option today for the
companies to downsize their headcount.
• The scheme which is formally permitted by the Department of Public
Enterprises

5. • As the name suggests the VRS is strictly voluntary i.e. one can neither compel
the workers to accept it nor apply it selectively to certain individuals.
• One can however choose the levels, units and age groups among whom one
wants to offer VRS.
• The company can always accept or reject the application for the VRS.
• But usually this is not done in practical circumstances as it sends wrong signals
to the employees
Contd…

6. REASONS FOR PROPOSING VRS
• Recession in business
• Downsizing
• Realignment of business – due to market
conditions
• Joint – Ventures with foreign collaborations
• Takeovers and mergers
• Business re – engineering process

7. Merits of VRS
• There is no legal obstacle in implementing VRS – as
predominantly encountered in retrenchment under the
labour laws
• It offers employee an attractive financial compensation than
what is permitted under retrenchment under the law
• It allows flexibility and can be applied to certain divisions,
departments where there is excess manpower
• It allows overall savings in the employee costs thus lowering
the overall costs

8. • Uncertainty among the employees
• Sometimes the severance costs are heavy
• Trade Unions generally protests the operation of such
schemes and may cause disturbance in normal
operations
• Some of the good capable and competent employees
may also apply for separation.
DEMERITS OF VRS

9. CALCULATION OF VRS
• Basic + DA = Rs 7000 + Rs 2500 = Rs 9500
Rs 9500 / 26 days = Rs 365.38 (one day salary)
Completed 32 years of service
32 years x 35days x Rs 365.38 = Rs 409225.60
Note: for computation of one day salary 26 days a month is taken
Similarly for the remaining period of service left
3 years x 25 x Rs 365.38 = Rs 27403.50
Total amount payable = Rs 409225.60 + Rs 27403.50 = Rs 436629.10
Amount to be paid shall be restricted to : 3 x 12 months = 36 months
Total amount to be paid as VRS compensation : 36 months x Rs 9500 = Rs 342000
Note: The payable amount would have to be restricted to Rs 3,42,000

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