Diamond Hotel Fined K120,000 for Abrogating Labour Laws

Ministry of Labour and Social Security has fined New Century Diamond Hotel K120,000 due to multiple contraventions of labour laws issues.

In a statement, Ministry of labour and social security Principal Public Relations Officer Mwaka Ndawa says an inspection was conducted at the Hotel were it was established that employees were not issued with valid written contracts of employment, failure to maintain records of oral contracts, failure to maintain a payroll or provide employees with pay slips and lack of work place policies.

Ms. Ndawa says other violations recorded include payments below the prescribed minimum wages and wage cuts from employees who fall sick despite them producing sick notes certified by health practitioners.

She highlights that the hotel did not register as an employer with the office of the Labour Commissioner, despite employing more than 25 workers, contrary to Section 63 of the Industrial and Labour Relations Act and operated without a qualified Human Resource Officer, contrary to Section 11 of the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management Act.

In addition to the penalty charged, the Ministry directed New Century Diamond Hotel to undertake remedial measures by providing all employees with written contracts stating their positions and correct salary scales, place the workers on payroll and issue them with pay slips.