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Engineering News reports that trade union Uasa has brought an urgent Labour Court application to get state-owned defence group Denel to honour all outstanding contractual obligations and effect payment of Uasa members’ full remuneration from 1 August 2020 to date.
It is also seeking an order that Denel should pay over all statutory and other contributions deductible from August 2020 in terms of the employment contracts and relevant legislation. The union is seeking the court’s intervention in light of the expected R1-billion payout Denel will receive from the Denel Medical Trust Fund. The High Court on 24 February ruled that a variation of the fund deed allowed for the excess trust funds to be allocated to Denel. “As the State-owned enterprise owes workers almost R830-million in unpaid salaries, it is only logical that the money be used to pay all outstanding salaries owed to employees,” Uasa indicated. It pointed out that its members cannot obtain IRP5 employee tax certificates or tax compliance certificates from the SA Revenue Service owing to their unpaid taxes. Some of them had to pay medical expenses from their own pockets owing to the nonpayment of contributions to their medical funds by Denel. “Under the circumstances, Uasa has no alternative but to approach the Labour Court for relief on behalf of its members,” the union said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
- Lees ook, Denel weer arbeidshof toe gesleep, by Maroela Media
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