Members of staff claim that at some branches, salaries are in arrears for two months and any attempt to push for payment, is met with threats of sackings and unspecified disciplinary action from the management. Another thorny issue at the supermarket is the uncompensated long working hours. In most branches, staff work for more than 8 hours without considering overtime as per the labour laws
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Barely one week after Naivas supermarket’s top leadership revealed publicly that their system had been hacked, employees of the once vibrant supermarket chain now claim to be overworked and working under very harsh conditions. According to some employees who talked to The Weekly Vision on strict conditions of anonymity for fear of victimization, salaries are not prompt and sometimes take to the 10th of the month to be released.
Members of staff claim that at some branches, salaries are in arrears for two months and any attempt to push for payment, is met with threats of sackings and unspecified disciplinary action from the management. Another thorny issue at the supermarket is the uncompensated long working hours. In most branches, staff work for more than 8 hours without considering overtime as per the labour laws.
We have also gathered that even leave days and off days are not properly accounted for, while male supervisors in most of the branches are known to sexually abuse junior female staff. They demand sexual favours to have matters settled. However, it is not only the members of staff who are suffering in silence, suppliers are owed millions of shillings by the supermarket chain. The biggest threat now is suppliers who are threatening to terminate making supplies as a result of the long overdue payment for goods already delivered, some dating back to 6 months.
Sources say the management is facing some internal wrangles that have affected the smooth running and operations of the supermarket chain. Insiders now say that if the power struggle among the top management is not addressed soon, then Nsivas could go the way of Ukwala, Uchumi, down.
