Dear Editor,
The Town Clerk of the Anna Regina Town Council has issued letters to all labourers, tractor operators, rangers and the clerk of markets about new working hours. In her letter to these workers she has set the working hours for Mondays,Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays as 07:00 hours -11:00 hours and12:00 hours-16:00 hours, with Wednesdays and Saturdays being from 07:00 hours-11:00 hours. This is a total breach of the new labour regulations, as Saturday is not a working day. According to the regulations these workers are entitled to overtime on Saturdays and work on that day cannot be computed to make up the normal 40 hours per week. In her letter the Town Clerk seemed to be of the view that this new arrangement was in keeping with the labour regulations. She also said it had been ventilated and discussed at the last statutory meeting of the council where it was unanimously approved.
Yours faithfully,
Mohamed Khan
