JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly) – Mining major Exxaro Resources confirmed in an email to Mining Weekly Online on Thursday that it was in the throes of developing a restructuring plan that would “optimise its current operating model” and likely affect some 1 980 employees. “Exxaro has engaged with organised labour in consultations regarding the group’s intended plan to optimise its current operating model and restructure some of its operations and functions to achieve improved efficiencies. “Proposals on how to deal with employees that may be affected by such restructuring were given to organised labour for their input. Further engagement will take place to address the concerns of employees and organised labour,” the company said in a statement. Exxaro’s comments came a day after trade union Solidarity indicated that it was opposed to various “controversial” clauses in the miner’s proposed restructuring plan, about which the union had been consulting Exxaro over the last week. The union claimed that the plan, which would be implemented on January 1, 2015, would allow Exxaro to dismiss workers or charge them with misconduct should they refuse to accept the plan’s conditions. Moreover, Solidarity said the plan would see workers moved to a lower salary category within six months of its implementation. miningweekly/article/1-980-workers-to-be-affected-by-exxaros-2015-restructuring-plan-2014-05-22
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 10:48:38 +0000
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