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GMB require $4.7m for retrenchment packages
24 Feb 2016 at 13:44hrs | Views
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has said it needs about 12 months to pay the $4.7 million in outstanding salaries to the 1 243 workers it retrenched last year.
Bulawayo24.com heard today. The former workers contracts were terminated following a Supreme Court sometime last July which gave employers the right to sack workers after giving them a three-month notice.
Two weeks ago the camped at the company headquarters in Harare demanding outstanding salaries and allowances.
They vowed to stay put until they are fully paid.
The former workers say the government should intervene as they are now living from hand to mouth.
Today, GMB sources said the payments would take up to 12 months to clear.
"Its a lot of money which we are looking at. GMB is broke but from what top management is hinting at, in 12 months they hope to have cleared everyone" said the insider.
Bulawayo24.com heard today. The former workers contracts were terminated following a Supreme Court sometime last July which gave employers the right to sack workers after giving them a three-month notice.
Two weeks ago the camped at the company headquarters in Harare demanding outstanding salaries and allowances.
They vowed to stay put until they are fully paid.
The former workers say the government should intervene as they are now living from hand to mouth.
Today, GMB sources said the payments would take up to 12 months to clear.
"Its a lot of money which we are looking at. GMB is broke but from what top management is hinting at, in 12 months they hope to have cleared everyone" said the insider.
Source - Byo24News
