BusinessLive reports that retailer Pick n Pay on Tuesday said a decision to do away with more than 1,000 junior managers was unlikely to lead to as many retrenchments because most of them would be redeployed.

Chief business transformation officer David North said the group had “several thousand junior managers” and only certain roles, including receiving managers and their service counterparts, were affected by the Section 189 legal process dealing with retrenchments. He said more than 1,000 people could be affected, but “we believe the majority of those [affected managers] will be placed back in equivalent roles in the business. We envisage a few hundred will be affected.” North went on to explain: “We are planning to create several hundred jobs at a more junior level at our stores to improve customer service. There will be more jobs. We are encouraging our colleagues who might be affected to be flexible.” Management and leaders of the Joint Affirmative Management Forum (Jamafo), the trade union representing the affected staff, are set to meet at the CCMA on Thursday. North said the restructuring was explained to Jamafo leadership. “We had several meetings with them. They are pushing back against the proposal, that’s why we are in the CCMA,” he indicated.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive

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