Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:52:36 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU LABOUR MINISTER Joyce Nonde Simukoko has warned that Government will not tolerate employers subjecting workers to slavery working conditions. Ms Simukoko noted that her ministry had been receiving lots of complaints of maltreatment of workers in their companies. She told the Daily Nation in an interview that among the complaints received was casualisation, exploitation and low salaries. “My ministry has continued to receive complaints from workers on how they are being mistreated and subjected to slavery working conditions by their employers. This is a very sad situation, because despite measure that we have put in place such as the banning of casualisation, this has continued,” she said. Ms Simukoko however, said the government had not gone to slumber in ensuring that workers’ rights were protected. She said Government would take stern action against employers who had failed to adhere to the labour laws. “Protecting workers […]
