TEAM urges employers to pay allowance before Ramadan begins
18 Jul 2011, 5:08 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM) has urged employers to pay Ramadan Allowances prior to the beginning of the month as stated in the Employment Act.
‘’We call on all employers to pay the Ramadan Allowance they are obliged to pay in the Employment Act, to be paid before the beginning of the month of Ramadan,’’ TEAM said in a press release .‘’Article 51[a] of the Employment Act states that each year, prior to the beginning of the month of Ramadan, one third of the employee shall be paid as Ramadan Allowance.’’
TEAM expressed concern that some of the employees working in the tourism sector have not received last year’s Ramadan Allowance.
‘’We also call on all employees to work to have the Ramadan Allowance paid,’’ TEAM added.
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