The Department of Labour is taking the owner of the Aracari Resort to court for several breaches of the labour laws after a security guard was dismissed for refusing to chase dogs out of the compound.
Five charges have been brought against Sasenarain Shewnarain and he will soon be summoned to attend court. The charges are failure to pay sum in lieu of termination, failure to produce records requested, failure to grant leave with pay, failure to give notice of termination and failure to pay overtime.
Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes told Stabroek News that the importance in this particular case is not the charges, but the level of exploitation that workers face. She said that since she took office in May she has been noticing a man averaged to be in his