{"id":383443,"date":"2017-12-15T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383443"},"modified":"2017-12-15T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:50:37","slug":"goldfields-workers-may-go-to-court-over-layoffs-labour-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/goldfields-workers-may-go-to-court-over-layoffs-labour-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfields workers may go to court over layoffs \u2013 Labour expert"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Industrial Relations Expert, Kofi Davor, has suggested that workers of Goldfields Ghana can proceed to court if they feel dissatisfied about results from the various labour arbitrations on their impasse with the management of the company.<\/p>\n
According to him, the workers must engage their Chief Labour Officer over their concerns against Goldfields\u2019 planned retrenchment exercise that will see at least 1,700 workers lose their jobs.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”HGew39U0vgUm3duSz1CeOmxWz9EIkg54″]\u201cIf the Chief Labour Officer, in the words of the workers\u2019 leaders has been misled into granting them the go ahead, then they have the responsibility to provide the appropriate date and information to the Chief Labour Officer that will enable it to make the best decision under the circumstances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There is an ensuing impasse between management and staff of Goldfields Ghana Mine, as the company says it is changing its business module, and will be forced to lay off some workers.<\/p>\n
Goldfields Ghana Limited told\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0this week, that it will lay off about 1,500 workers<\/strong><\/a> this month, as part of measures to change its business model, and make the company profitable due to the relatively short lifespan of the mine.<\/p>\n