shippingposition
  • Home
  • News
  • Editorial
    • Vox Pop
  • Maritime safety
  • Oil and Gas
  • Personality
  • Health
No Result
View All Result
shippingposition

Home » MWUN Floors INTELS, Court Orders Terminal Operator To Pay Sacked Workers

MWUN Floors INTELS, Court Orders Terminal Operator To Pay Sacked Workers

by Joshua
September 29, 2021
in Featured, News

The Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) has ordered Onne, Rivers state-based port terminal operators; INTELS to pay the entitlement of more than 624 members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), who were sacked between late 2020 and early 2021.

INTELS LOGISTIC

The IAP ruling was communicated to the MWUN via a letter dated September 13, 2021, signed by Mrs O .U Akpan, Director, Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, on behalf of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige.

The Minister had constituted the IAP to look into the trade dispute between the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and the Management of Messrs Intels Nig. Ltd/ Associated Maritime Services (AMS)

Confirming the IAP’s ruling in a statement on Tuesday, the President General, of the union; Comrade Adewale Adeyanju said “after a protracted battle, we are pleased to inform you that IAP has ruled in the favour of the Union”.

The IAP had noted that Payment of extra gratuity in the industry had existed for long, and 2nd party usually paid in previous redundancies based on tripartite negotiated agreement by 1st 2nd and 3rd parties, and wondered why INTELS negated this in this case of the sacked workers.

According to the letter, the IAP, directed that, “all the contract staff/ employees seconded by the 3rd party to the 2nd party under their labour management contract namely; 599 contract staff affected by redundancy exercise conducted on November 30th 2020, 8 contract staff affected by redundancy exercise conducted on 2nd February, 2021, and 17 contract staff affected by the redundancy exercise conducted on June 15, 2021, are employees of the 2nd party; Intels Nig. Ltd.”.

Others are that: All the contract staff employees seconded by the 3rd party under their labour management contract namely; 599 contract staff affected by the redundancy exercise conducted on November 30th 2020, 8 contract staff affected by redundancy exercise conducted on 2nd, April, 2021 and 17 contract staff affected by redundancy exercise conducted on June 15, 2021 by 2nd and 3rd parties, are each entitled to be paid extra gratuity in addition to their terminal benefits by the 2rd party through the 3rd party; forthwith”.

Read Also:  Develop Ondo Deep Seaport, Decongest Apapa Gridlock, Akeredolu Tells FG

According to the IAP, “The mode of calculation of extra gratuity to be paid by the 2nd party through the third party shall be:

a. N300, 000.00 (three hundred thousand naira) for each completed year of service to redundant workers who have completed five (5) years of service and above; forthwith

b. N1, 500,000 (one million five hundred thousand naira) lump – sum to redundant staff/workers who have completed 1-4 years of service; forthwith. ;

C. Redundant workers with less than one year, but have spent a minimum of six months in service shall be paid on prorated basis, forthwith.

Specifically, the IAP also ruled that, “the contractual relationship between the 2nd and 3rd parties still subsist in all matters relating to, and concerning this Award in the proceedings. |

The practice where an employer obtains a restraining order against strike by its workers and proceeds, during the subsistence of the restraining order, to declare the restrained workers redundant and terminated is nothing but an unfair labour practice. The 2nd and 3rd parties thus in the conduct of redundancy exercises of 2nd April, 2021, and 15th June, 2021 engaged in unfair labour practice.”

shippingposition

Kindly like us on Facebook


Tags: MWUN Floors INTELS

Related Posts

Customs Intercepts ₦9.2bn Worth of Fake Bedroom Booster, Others

Customs Intercepts ₦9.2bn Worth of Fake Bedroom Booster, Others

July 11, 2025
Customs, NAFDAC Inaugurate Implementation Committee for 2024 MoU

Customs, NAFDAC Inaugurate Implementation Committee for 2024 MoU

July 11, 2025
Nigeria Customs Intercepts Container with Over 10,000 Donkey Genitals

Nigeria Customs Intercepts Container with Over 10,000 Donkey Genitals

July 11, 2025
Senate Hails Adeniyi’s Election as WCO Council Chair, Says It’s  a Major Win for Nigeria’s Global Trade Leadership

Senate Hails Adeniyi’s Election as WCO Council Chair, Says It’s  a Major Win for Nigeria’s Global Trade Leadership

July 11, 2025

Discussion about this post

Latest News

Customs Intercepts ₦9.2bn Worth of Fake Bedroom Booster, Others

Customs Intercepts ₦9.2bn Worth of Fake Bedroom Booster, Others

July 11, 2025

Customs, NAFDAC Inaugurate Implementation Committee for 2024 MoU

Nigeria Customs Intercepts Container with Over 10,000 Donkey Genitals

Senate Hails Adeniyi’s Election as WCO Council Chair, Says It’s  a Major Win for Nigeria’s Global Trade Leadership

Oyetola Launches Door-to-Door’ Diplomacy for Nigeria’s IMO Council Bid

FG Urged To Link Warri-Itakpe Rail To Inland Ports, Road Networks

Red Sea Operation Rescues 4 More From Cargo Ship Sunk By Houthis

Shippers’ Council Set to Establish Border Information Centre at Idiroko, Bolster Trade Efficiency

NSC Boss Urges Cooperative Members to Invest in Housing for Long-Term Wealth

FAAN, Customs Intensify Efforts To Exit Grey List

Lekki Port Expands Reach with Transhipment to West African Ports, Eyes 500,000 TEUs in 2025

MAMAL 2025: MARAN Targets Maritime Fraud, Demands End to War Risk Premiums on Nigerian Trade

kindly like our Facebook page

Health

Contraceptive Pills Can’t Cause Cervical Cancer – Expert
Health

Contraceptive Pills Can’t Cause Cervical Cancer – Expert

June 30, 2025

Mrs Roseline Akinlabi, Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Desk Officer, Osun Primary Healthcare Board, says contraceptive pills cannot cause...

ONIONS: The Good Old Healing Vegetable

KNOW YOUR BODY PARTS: The Liver

June 16, 2025
ONIONS: The Good Old Healing Vegetable

ONIONS: The Good Old Healing Vegetable

June 16, 2025
Why Prostate Disorder Cases Are Increasing Among Nigerian Men – Experts

Why Prostate Disorder Cases Are Increasing Among Nigerian Men – Experts

June 1, 2025
20m Nigerians Live With Mental Health Issues, Says WHO

20m Nigerians Live With Mental Health Issues, Says WHO

June 1, 2025
Health Facts You Didn’t Know

How Your Habit Affects Fertility

May 19, 2025
Fruits For Raining Season

Fruits For Raining Season

May 19, 2025
See Mental Illness Like Other Treatable Diseases – Says Suicide Survivor

Health Facts You Didn’t Know

May 19, 2025
Alligator Pepper: Benefits, FAQ, Side Effects, & Warning

Alligator Pepper: Benefits, FAQ, Side Effects, & Warning

April 28, 2025
Water And Health: The Relationship That Helps Life

Water And Health: The Relationship That Helps Life

April 28, 2025

© 2021 Shippingposition

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Terms

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Coast To Coast
  • Oil and Gas
  • Maritime Education
  • The Terminals
  • Maritime safety

© 2021 Shippingposition