Flight delays as airport ground handling staff call in sick en masse
03 Oct 2013, 8:29 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
Ground handling staff at Maldives’ Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) have called in sick en masse in protest over pay grievances, leading to flight departure delays today.
The Maldives Airports Corporation Ltd (MACL) has downplayed the matter and said “operations at the airport are normal.”
A ground handling staff member who wished to remain anonymous told Minivan News that staff called in sick starting at 11:00 pm on Wednesday. Only eight of the 16 scheduled staff turned up for the night shift, while only four of the 16 scheduled staff reported for the morning and afternoon shifts, the source said.
MACL’s HR Manager Ali Huzaim confirmed that “some ground handling staff have called in sick,” but said the reduced man power had not affected flight departures.
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