New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The government has urged employees of public sector banks and regional rural banks to refrain from the proposed strike and resolve the remaining issues through dialogue, warning that the planned three-day strike from September 28 to 30 could disrupt banking services during the half-yearly closing of banks.

The United Forum of Bank Unions and other unions and associations in public sector banks, supported by regional rural banks, had called for a strike primarily seeking implementation of a five-day banking week and withdrawal of the Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme.

The government said it had already decided to keep the PLI scheme in abeyance after discussions with the unions, thereby addressing one of th...