Former workers of Mobil Producing
Nigeria have asked the management of the company to pay them N11.4bn
compensation as their terminal benefits.
It was learnt that the over 1,444
affected workers were engaged as service contract staff by the company and
later laid off in 2012 without commensurate entitlements as contained in the Collective
Bargaining Agreement alleged to have been reached between Mobil and the
affected workers.
The spokesman of the group, Mr.
Godwin Idim, on Wednesday in Eket blamed the MPN for breaching the contractual
agreement with its ex-workers regardless of all entreaties to get the company
to honour the deal.
He lamented that some of their
members had died in the course of the struggle to get MPNU to the negotiation
table with a view to remitting the outstanding financial claims.
The CBA, dated July 1, 2010 and
signed by former Field Manager, Human Resources of MPNU, Mr. Seun Oluwole;
Assistant Secretary of NUPENG, Mr. G. A. Tasker; Chairman, Labour Contract, Mr.
Ikohesa Ikohesa; Chairman, Service Contract, Mr. Aniedi Douglas, and witnessed
by Mr. Victor Bassey, Mr. Godwin Udokop, as well as Jephter Jonathan, was made
available to newsmen.
Containing in Clause 52 (c), it
said, “Gratuity, 1.5 month’s gross salary per year served multiplies by the
number of years of service. In addition, the employee shall earn all his or her
accrued vacation benefits and any other allowance that may accrue to him or
her.
“Notice pay-one month gross salary
in lieu of notice. Ex-gratia-two month’s gross salary, pension and redundancy
benefits in addition to end of service benefits shall apply.”
Idim, however, warned of the
consequences that failure to pay former workers would bring to the company. He
called on Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, to wade into the matter.
Counsel to the disengaged workers,
Mr. Jacob Udobang & Associates, in a letter had reminded MPN of the need to
settle with the workers since the existing labour law (CBA) it signed with
NUPENG and service contract staff on end of service in July 1, 2010 subsists.
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