Troubled retailer-Tuskys has reached out to its workers’ union seeking to resolve a pay cut dispute currently before the Employment and Labour Relations Court. The Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers moved to court to protest the move. In a letter to the union, addressed to Secretary-General Boniface Kavuvi, Tuskys has called for a consultative meeting set for Thursday. Tuskys had informed the union that salaries for staff earning Sh49,999 and below had been reduced by 20 per cent, a 25 per cent cut for those earning Sh50,000 to Sh99,000 and a 30 per cent cut on salaries above Sh100,000. 2020 when the claimant (union) learned that salaries for unionisable employees had been reduced without due consultation or mutual agreement,” court papers read in part.

Source: The Star July 22, 2020 00:56 UTC