The staffers, who rely on modest monthly wages, have said the continued delay has caused financial distress and disrupted household expenses. Coimbatore: Two guest lecturers and five non-teaching staffers working at the Erode Postgraduate Extension Centre of Bharathiar University have not been paid salaries for the past four months, affecting their livelihoods.
Association of University Teachers (AUT) Zone 4 chairman A Balasankar said the seven staffers last received their salary on May 21. The AUT said the five non-teaching staff members include a sweeper drawing Rs 12,500 and others receiving between Rs 15,500 and Rs 17,000.
After that, they had not been paid, he said. It said a clerk’s child was unwell, and the association had to step in for medical expenses. The AUT alleged that even for low-paid staffers, the university administration had been delaying payments, causing severe financial hardship.