Workers Bemoan Sudden Retrenchment
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - More people joined the nation's unemployment list as a result of a change of a company's policy in contracting out its security section.

The number, though less than 10, has caused enough worries to those retrenched as they were not given alternatives such as being transferred to another department.

"We have been terminated even though we were told that we could apply to the security company.

"But we feel it is the obligation of the company to ensure our uninterrupted employment since we all have family responsibilities and mouths to feed," some of those terminated said.

They said the company should have been more accountable and responsible such as to specifically request the company who had been awarded the security contract to take them all in.

"We were given letters that our services were no longer required as the security section of the company has been contracted out.

"We were advised to apply to the contracted company but we are not sure whether we will be accepted.

"As such we hope through this publication, the company would ensure that we would not join the country's growing unemployed as we have loans to pay and mouths to feed," they said.

They said that by being terminated they have not only lost their fixed monthly salaries but all the perks such as allowances.

"Being employed in a big company we had no problems in getting loans from the banks.

"But now it looks like we would not be able to pay our personal commitments and car loans until we have found new jobs elsewhere," they said.

They had also filed complaints with the Labour Department, Ministry of Home Affairs as well as the Management Services Department.

The Labour Department meanwhile said it is currently investigating the complaints some of the retrenched staff have lodged. (Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin)

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