No timeframe given for payment of workers, despite Hotel Tower boss’ pledge

Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle says Hotel Tower owner Salim Azeez has pledged his commitment to paying former workers owed wages, although he has given no timeframe of when this would be done.

“We had meetings with them and they promised to tie up but that they were having challenges… he was supposed to write to state his position but to date he has not done so,” Ogle told Stabroek News yesterday.

A few weeks ago, Minister of Labour Nanda Gopaul told Stabroek News that although no formal complaint was made by the