Nakumatt snubbed an invitation to explain why it dismissed workers without paying their salaries since July 22, 2017.
Nakumatt was put under management after the supermarket chain went under following huge debts.
Parliament has issued summons to the management of troubled supermarket Nakumatt Holdings Ltd after it snubbed an invitation to explain why it dismissed workers without paying their salaries since July 22, 2017.
The National Assembly’s Labour and Social Welfare Committee took the decision after listening to 17 employees who complained over non-remittance of salaries, pension contributions and statutory deductions since 2016.
Nakumatt was put under management after the supermarket chain went under following huge debts.
In August 2017, the employees moved to court accusing Nakumatt of delaying their salaries, failure to pay them for overtime work as well as non-implementation of the 11 per cent salary increment agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement.
Ali Wario, who chairs the committee, said MPs expected Nakumatt’s managers to appear before it Tuesday but they failed to do so.
“We have heard you loud and clear. We invited the management of Nakumatt but I am informed that they are not coming. We will summon Nakumatt for the second time and if they don’t come, we will invoke our powers under the Constitution,” Mr Wario said after listening to submissions from representatives of the employees led by Christopher Beneti.