MACL ordered to pay nearly MVR1 million in pay discrimination damages
19 Oct 2014, 9:49 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Employment Tribunal has ordered Maldives Airports Company Ltd. (MACL) to pay nearly MVR1 million (US $65,000) in damages over discrimination in salaries.
The case lodged in 2012 by 40 air traffic controllers alleged MACL had failed to provide adequate training, changed the company’s policy on salaries without prior notice, and forced employees to work without leave.
The Employment Tribunal however dismissed these claims, but said MACL had allocated different salaries to employees doing the same work, contravening Article 4 of the Employment Act.
The three member tribunal ordered MACL to pay the 40 air traffic controllers MVR987,000 in damages by October 27.
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