8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
Due to the excessive delays in payment of workers’ salaries, close to 1,000 employees of Timsales Limited staged a sit-in on 25th July 2018 protesting the non-payment of June 2018 salaries. Subsequently, the company locked out all its employees and completely refused to negotiate an agreeable return to work formula, including partial payment of the employees’ overdue salaries.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
It is worth noting that the right of these employees to stage a sit-in is well protected in Article 37 of our Constitution and which the company chose to deliberately and conscientiously The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
It is worth noting that the right of these employees to stage a sit-in is well protected in Article 37 of our Constitution and which the company chose to deliberately and conscientiously The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
circumvent. The sit-in as a way of resolving labour disputes is also protected in Section 2 of the Labour Relations Act of 2007.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
circumvent. The sit-in as a way of resolving labour disputes is also protected in Section 2 of the Labour Relations Act of 2007.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
The union representing these workers took this unfortunate matter to court on 3rd August 2018 and a determination was delivered on 21st June 2019, instructing Timsales Limited to proceed with the disciplinary process, but in strict conformity with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Employment Act. Timsales Limited served summary dismissal letters to 528 employees on 2nd August 2019 without provision for gratuity or terminal benefits.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
The union representing these workers took this unfortunate matter to court on 3rd August 2018 and a determination was delivered on 21st June 2019, instructing Timsales Limited to proceed with the disciplinary process, but in strict conformity with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Employment Act. Timsales Limited served summary dismissal letters to 528 employees on 2nd August 2019 without provision for gratuity or terminal benefits.
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to:
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to:
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8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly:
(i) Consider the issues of national unemployment, and whether there are other available mechanisms to resolve this labour dispute without victimising the said employees and, if possible, mediate on the same;
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