The Deputy Chief Labour Officer wants the word to go out to employers – waste the labour officers’ time and you will end up before the court.
Wayne Sobers issued the warning in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday after a businessman and his company had been hauled to court for failing to hand over the company’s wages records to a labour officer.
“We have a small team of officers and you may be aware that we are often criticised, very harshly, in the public for not attending to public matters,” he told the court.
“But oftentimes matters, such as the one before the court, help to delay us and affect our ability to perform. (SD)
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It’s about time Employers get a warning, the same way they depend on the company for a living so do the employees, if they disregard the Labour laws of the country maybe it’s time for the country to disregard them by holding their unrighteous feet to the fire.
Was going with this company and they wouldn’t pay me my vacation money. These businesses are dishonest. They want you to work hard but don’t want to pay.
There is a young girl who works
For a hotel in christ church the employers don’t take out nis for her she’s been working a year now
Was going with this company and they wouldn’t pay me my vacation money. These businesses are dishonest. They want you to work hard but don’t want to pay.