General News of Tuesday, 13 March 2018Source: citifmonline.comGold Fields justifies planned layoffsGold Fields Ghana LimitedVice President and Stakeholder Relations for Gold Fields Ghana Limited, David Johnson, has said the company’s transition from owner mining to contract mining, which is expected to lead to the laying off and re-employment of about 1,500 employees on contract basis, is not borne out of selfish interests. Mr. Johnson, on Eyewitness News explained that the move was aimed at sustaining the operations of the company. “As management, we have a duty and a right to make decisions that are not only right for employees but all stakeholders. And I am talking about communities, I am talking about investors, I am talking about government and I am talking about employees themselves. In the writ, the workers prayed the court to restrain Goldfields from going ahead with the intended redundancy exercise.

Source: GhanaWeb March 13, 2018 06:11 UTC