Workers at the Royal Enfield plant have been asked to report to work starting Sunday.

On Saturday, a letter issued by the head of production, N. Shashi Kumar, said, “September 30 (Sunday) first shift onwards all departments will function regularly. Hence, all are advised to attend duty without fail.”

Earlier, the company issued a notice in which it stated that employees would be allowed to resume work based on commitment to consistently support plant operations without creating any disruption in future. “There will be a deduction of salary for those employees who participated in the illegal strike in this month’s salary as per law. Any matter pertaining to our employees will only be discussed with the Royal Enfield Collaboration Forum, which is recognised and democratically elected,” the notice added.

R. Sampath, Vice-President, Royal Enfield Employees Union, which is part of the Working People Trade Union Council, said: “All workers will report to duty and we hope the management does not create any disruption. We have told them not to victimise any worker. We will all go together for duty and not partially. The labour department has given assurance on this,” he said, adding, “the only concern for us is that the company in its notice has said that the strike was illegal. We had given due notice for this strike. They have also cut wages for eight days and we hope the management will sort this out.”