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State broadcaster ZBC' rehiring dismissed employees
28 Aug 2015 at 07:19hrs | Views
State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is reportedly re-hiring some of its experienced staff fired using the Supreme Court ruling that allows the termination of employment contracts on three months' notice.
Sources close to the developments also claimed that a human resources audit had revealed that some senior managers who were asked to re-submit their educational and professional certificates did not possess the requisite qualifications for their jobs.
"At least three departmental heads in the radio department (names withheld) only had ‘O' Levels as their highest qualifications, while a former acting general manager only has an ‘A' Level certificate," an insider said.
According to Newsday, the ZBC spokesperson Gladman Bandama yesterday said: "There is nothing like that. I think there is a lot of speculation among staff members that after the exercise to rationalise staff and pronouncements made by the permanent secretary (George Charamba) regarding the on-going digitalisation programme, some think there was a plot by management to fire people and then re-hire them on contract basis.
"We gave notices of termination to a wide spectrum of our staff as part of rationalising our staff levels because we had become bloated over time.
"As the permanent secretary said, as part of the digitalisation programme, we will need to hire experienced staff and some among those who we laid off might be lucky to come back because we might need them, but definitely not on contract basis. We will definitely need experienced producers and other staff and it is only proper that those with an idea of the environment will have an advantage".
Sources close to the developments also claimed that a human resources audit had revealed that some senior managers who were asked to re-submit their educational and professional certificates did not possess the requisite qualifications for their jobs.
"At least three departmental heads in the radio department (names withheld) only had ‘O' Levels as their highest qualifications, while a former acting general manager only has an ‘A' Level certificate," an insider said.
According to Newsday, the ZBC spokesperson Gladman Bandama yesterday said: "There is nothing like that. I think there is a lot of speculation among staff members that after the exercise to rationalise staff and pronouncements made by the permanent secretary (George Charamba) regarding the on-going digitalisation programme, some think there was a plot by management to fire people and then re-hire them on contract basis.
"We gave notices of termination to a wide spectrum of our staff as part of rationalising our staff levels because we had become bloated over time.
"As the permanent secretary said, as part of the digitalisation programme, we will need to hire experienced staff and some among those who we laid off might be lucky to come back because we might need them, but definitely not on contract basis. We will definitely need experienced producers and other staff and it is only proper that those with an idea of the environment will have an advantage".
Source - newsday
