Sugar workers complain of mysterious deductions

THE acting CEO of the now defunct Caroni (1975) Limited Chandra Bobart was called out to placate daily paid employees of the former sugar company yesterday at the Company’s Brechin Castle compound after workers discovered several “unexplained” deductions in their pay-slips. Bobart, who was forced to address workers while standing on a chair, said several “adjustments” in salary slips for daily paid workers had not been properly identified. He promised that the Company would clear up all queries by Friday. Bobart said while workers had been told to contact the Company’s Information Services Department (ISD) for further information, he noted that Credit Union deductions had not been properly marked on pay-slips.

Workers had been complaining of mysterious deductions after receiving their final salary slips at the Company’s offices last Friday. Several employees also pointed out that payment for unused vacation time had also been “cut” by the Company without any explanation. And, in answer to another query, Bobart said that the Company was still awaiting word from the National Insurance Board on when the final payments could be made to its former monthly paid staff.