Pay Sacked Workers…
Labour Ministry Demands
By Abdul K. Turay
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has urged the
Manager of Charlie Co. Enterprise, Mr. Charlie Williams, to pay redundancy
benefits to the sacked employees of the company.
The Ministry in a letter dated 12th May 2015,
informed the manager of the company of a complaint made by seven former workers
who felt wrongly dismissed by the company.
The Commissioner of Labour, the letter stated, has forwarded
a computerized redundancy benefit and other entitlements of the workers who
have worked for over four years.
This compensation, the letter emphasized, “Is done in
accordance with the provision of the Service Trade Group Agreement”.
On 20th February 2015, the ministry demanded clarification
on staff concerns in line with the national gazette which states very clearly
that the minimum salary for employees should be Le 500,000.
All promises made by Charlie to increase the salaries of the
workers, the letter went on, has so far proved futile.
Alusine Kamara, one of the affected workers, told Shekpendeh
that they have complained the matter to the ministry demanding their redundancy
benefits and other entitlements. He stressed that till this moment, they have
not received a single cent.
Alusine Kamara went on to say that despite the ministry’s
effort to work out their benefits and other entitlements, some officials presently
handling the matter reduced the amount previously worked out for them the ministry.
Speaking on the reason for their redundancy, Alusine said it
was simply because of a letter they wrote requesting the manager to increase
their salaries in line with the national minimum wage. This he said annoyed the
manager who subsequently decided to terminate their service.
The Manager of Charlie Co. Enterprise in a telephone
conversation to get his own side of the story, pointed out that he has nothing
to do with the former workers claiming to have worked for him in his
enterprise.
He also said that he is not aware of any complaint made
against him in the ministry.
“I cannot comment further than this”, he fumed.
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