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GPH workers protest low salaries

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Gaborone Private Hospital
Disgruntled workers at Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH) have dragged their employer before court disputing the salary disparity gap and poor remuneration conditions that besiege them, on a case that has now been raging for a year with no resolution reached by two parties. The GPH junior staff are up in arms over the salary disparities between the senior hospital staff who are mostly foreigners on a case that is still waiting for a hearing before the Industrial Court. Following failure to reach a settlement between the workers and employees, the workers referred a trade dispute to the Commissioner of Labour before filing it at the Industrial Court. Filed in terms of Section 6 (1) of the Trade Disputes Act and lodged on the 18th June 2018, the dispute has been filed in connection with salary adjustments, arrears and other allowances. The workers demand that they be paid specialist allowance and its related arrears, accommodation allowance, overtime and night duty allowances all with their arrears as well. Failure to reach settlement letter from District Labour Office, indicates that there has been three mediation meeting held on the 7 July, 16 November and 14 December 2018 by the two parties. However, there…

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