Vaitarna given three months to address ‘most unsafe working conditions’ – Hamilton

Indian logging company, Vaitarna Holdings has been given three months by Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton to remedy severe breaches of Occupational Safety & Health laws.

The order was given to company directors following a meeting with Hamilton after a visit to the operations at Wineperu, Bartica, Region Seven.

Unsafe and  unsanitary living and working conditions and nonpayment of overtime wages, among other issues, were noted by employees and observed by labour officers, who had accompanied Hamilton.