DISGRUNTLED former employees of the City of Windhoek’s Solid Waste Management Division have accused the City of short-changing them at the end of their contracts.
A former worker, who wished to remain anonymous, said that people with the same contracts had been paid different amounts at the end of their tenure. Responding to the allegations, department head Benny Amunje said the payouts at the end of temporary workers’ contracts depended on the number of leave days they had left.”Leave credit is converted into money.Some people had only one or no leave days left, so how can they expect to be paid as much as the others? “The person who has a problem must come in for us to look at his record.He must not feel threatened to approach us, instead of first going to the newspaper.”Responding to the allegations, department head Benny Amunje said the payouts at the end of temporary workers’ contracts depended on the number of leave days they had left.”Leave credit is converted into money.Some people had only one or no leave days left, so how can they expect to be paid as much as the others? “The person who has a problem must come in for us to look at his record.He must not feel threatened to approach us, instead of first going to the newspaper.”
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