PNB-UBI-OBC merger: Automated HR integration to quell staff discrimination

All transfers and promotions for next financial year will be decided by respective banks, not by the merged entity

The human resource integration for the merger of United Bank of India (UBI), Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) will be on a fully automated software. This will be done to avoid discrimination among employees of one bank by another. 

Moreover, for the next financial year, all transfers and promotions will be decided by respective banks, and not by the merged entity.

According to Ashok Kumar Pradhan, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Bank of India, a functional committee on HR integration is likely to finalise the modalities of the merger by the end