Monrovia - The Malaysian-owned Sime Darby Plantation Company which was recently involved in an illegal redundancy exercise and was halted by the Ministry of Labor is once again in the limelight on allegations of unfair Labor Practice. Sime Darby has also failed to pay for medical and other expenses in line with the terms and conditions of the employment contract. The Ministry of Labour in a Notice of Assignment cited Sime Darby to an Administrative Hearing on Tuesday, February 6, 2017. Since the a new Manager Mr. David Parker took over at head of operations of Sime Darby few months ago the company has seen increase in the number of protest and complaints from employees of unfair Labour practice. Recently, students of the Sime Darby School System staged a massive protest where they held Mr. Parker hostage for hours and deflected his car tyre for halting the school bus from commuting students.

Source: Front Page Africa February 07, 2018 01:30 UTC