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Tourism employees demand 320% salary increase
20 May 2019 at 18:19hrs | Views
Employees in the Tourism industry are demanding a 320% salary increase iin the ongoing salary negotiations in Harare.
Clement Mukwasi‚ the president of the Employers Association for Tourism and Safari Operators said the negotiations are moving towards a deadlock.
"Salary negotiations for the tourism industry underway in Harare . What do the employees representatives want ? A 320% increase," Mukwasi said. "The employers have offered an inflation based adjustment as a cost of living allowance. These two are leading towards a deadlock."
Analysts have argued that the tourism companies should pay the employees in forex since they charge most of their services in forex.
In March the tourism companies awarded their employees a 55% cost of living adjustment across the board, after the National Employment Council (Nec) for the tourism sector signed a collective bargaining agreement.
"Employees and Nec settled for 55% for all sectors and this will run from March 1 to June 30. Within that period, we will be monitoring performance of the economy and see whether we would adjust the allowance upwards or downwards, "Mkwasi told the media then.
Clement Mukwasi‚ the president of the Employers Association for Tourism and Safari Operators said the negotiations are moving towards a deadlock.
"Salary negotiations for the tourism industry underway in Harare . What do the employees representatives want ? A 320% increase," Mukwasi said. "The employers have offered an inflation based adjustment as a cost of living allowance. These two are leading towards a deadlock."
In March the tourism companies awarded their employees a 55% cost of living adjustment across the board, after the National Employment Council (Nec) for the tourism sector signed a collective bargaining agreement.
"Employees and Nec settled for 55% for all sectors and this will run from March 1 to June 30. Within that period, we will be monitoring performance of the economy and see whether we would adjust the allowance upwards or downwards, "Mkwasi told the media then.
Source - Byo24News
