‘At Palace Hotel in Lusaka we enter new year with bleeding hearts’
Dear Editor,
Greetings from the concerned members of staff from the Grand Palace Hotel in Lusaka. We enter this new year with our hearts bleeding because of the way the owners of the hotel are running the affairs of the hotel. Off major concern to us is the service charges which the owners of the hotel have pegged at K250,000.00 (Kr 250.00) to be given to each employee on monthly basis despite the fact that more money is collected in terms of the service charge from the clients.
We feel this is day-light and would like to make presentations through you to the Minister of Labor to visit the hotel and check what is happening. Salaries are meagre and the only hope of us getting a reasonable salary are diluted through the stealing of our service charges by management.
We have meet with Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union of Zambia but cannot engage management at the moment because there is no recognition agreement in place. We feel Service Charge is law and no one should temper with it.
We will really appreciate if the Government through its relevant departments can make a follow up on this matter.
Regards.
Concerned Staff.
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31 Responses to ‘At Palace Hotel in Lusaka we enter new year with bleeding hearts’
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You knw wat bro? Just stage a peacefull demo and call all media houses to record the protest and maybe hopefuly it might convince your bosses to do something about it. Goodluck
Doggy style - January 4, 2013
19:04
i wonder why workers dont jst resign if they not happy wth the conditions. That ka 1 star hotel has loans,rates,taxes,dividends,electricity and water bills,maintainance fees,yo salary,service bonus to settle and it thot of motivating u and you still complining chi color.Am facing the same problem wth my workers.
nyax - January 4, 2013
07:41
I don’t know how some employers think, as if they were born from the same mother.All you have in your mind is stomach and taking your children to expensive schools forgetting that your workers have families aswell. If it was the other way round, can you manage a family with KR250 for thirty days, plus school fees for the children etc.
george phiri - January 4, 2013
22:27
Pliz this is a serious issue and make frantic efforrts to have adressed by relevant authority.go to the office of the minister of labour and present your case.
Chibwa chamazakala - January 4, 2013
07:06
The same illtreatment goes with zambeef. What a country we have!
magaba - January 4, 2013
00:28
First and foremost, who is the owner of this shitty 1 star hotel? A ZAMBIAN! Please, please you ignorant internet pubescents, whenever the word an investor is mentioned does not mean that investor is foreign.
If you sang that useless donchi something song, then you deserve no sympathy.
Ndeleloshafye - January 4, 2013
00:09
point!!!
his excellence - January 4, 2013
00:51
Service charge should never even be a law. Customers can refuse to pay it if they like. The problem with us Zambians is that we love to complain complain complain. I’m sure some of these bigger hotels pay their staff less. Be grateful for even being paid it. People are complaining about not being paid salaries and you ungrateful ones are complaining about bonus’ . You need a reality check my friend.
Mwenga - January 3, 2013
23:17
Mwenga you are a big fool,does it mean if you sleep without food,even i, should also follow suit even if i have food
James - January 4, 2013
06:46
The problem with you is you are just too lazy. Try looking for another job if this is such an issue. Lazy and yet you want more money in your pockets.
truth - January 3, 2013
23:12
As a wise business man once said any publicity is good publicity. This hotel even has a good website,it looks like a well established business. i will sure be sure to pay a visit when i next go to Zambia. And to the author of this article take ur whinning and crying to court not here ayi!!
Sunny - January 3, 2013
21:48
This is a negative one star hotel… Just work you guys and help your negative one star hotel in looking for business and upgrade it to zero star later one star and so on…. The problem is you are very lazy.
Tumbuka bull - January 3, 2013
20:15
Did u not open last week?
jj - January 3, 2013
18:13
bafikala sebenzani chaaaaabe………. why are you sooooo lazy …… thats why zambia will neva improve…. mustanyoko
STAN YOKO - January 3, 2013
15:59
You are the most ignorant person on the planet. No wonder your parents named you STAN YOKO it starts with them. Do you even understand the meaning of Service charge? These workers are entitled to it.
M120983 - January 3, 2013
17:25
As a work be content with what your employee pays you. Otherwise go and work for yourself. If there is anything you think your employer is doing iligally, take him to court.Its that simple. Otherwise whatever the Pabwato were telling you in those huge huge campaign/comedy rallies about flashing unfair employers was a mirage.
Mufana Wamahafu - January 3, 2013
15:27
Just sacrifice my brother change this career or group with your freinds and start your own or just change the job. otherwise employers never pay employees worth. if they are there, they are very few
punka punka - January 3, 2013
15:09
Its always difficult to watch people going through hell after their decision has back fired on them.These same workers plus hundreds around the country are the ones to blame for the current mess.I am not saying nothing should be done for them but in as much as they deserve to be heard,they must learn lessons.We are all in this mess because of dull chaps who voted with emotion instead of brains.I hope your goverment will do something about it.Can you now surely compare the chaps in goverment to HH.A rich genius whose onyl intention is to change the lives of poor Zambians.Over 5 billion in wealth what else can a goverment JOB offer to HH which he has not had before.? Its only one with a snake1s name and seven guns that will be hungry for a state Job to enrich himself as evidenced by his 50% salary increament,Retiremnt home budget before he evens retires.Fellow Zambians,we need to see beyond our tribal preferences and vote for HH.Because he is the only Sane poltician whose ambition is selfless.
Nsoni Pa Zed - January 3, 2013
14:57
Your foolish HH has now been rebased!
Mwine Mushi - January 3, 2013
17:09
And you are rebased to negatives yourself.
Black Bull. - January 3, 2013
22:45
SERVICE CHARGE IS 10% of the sales you make as a hotel each month and can not be fixed to a certain figure. I’m sure the owners ni ba zungu awe mwandi my country is in trouble. How can you fix service change, pls report first in writing to hotel & catering association of Zambia .they are stealing clean from you. INVESTORS OF ZAMBIA, PURE THIEVES.
Guyana - January 3, 2013
14:38
Can someone educate me whether the government has now abandon the rotation system of financial and accounting personnel. that policy was good as it stopped corruption and encouraged accountability. At the ministry of education, Chibombo, and agriculture, Chilanga, we have some ill – qualified accountants that have over stayed at their station of duty i.e. 10 years. These two are an example of many that are now behaving as if they were Chief Accountants. Only answerable to themselves
Kapulango Mubita-Nyambe - January 3, 2013
14:21
Rabish .after all when u get that money it’s for u and ur family , wright now the government has more problems than service charge.how many workers does that hotel has?
dangermouse - January 3, 2013
14:16
I pity you, this is absolutely day light robbery. I just have one question for you, did you at any time advocate for change and did you at one night in 2011 dance the “donchi kubeba” song naked…….? I guess your answer is a big YESS so get the change and “donchi kubeba” you wanted and dont waste our time.
KK to remarry - January 3, 2013
14:14
ba watchdog this is the same issue i reported to you about Royal solwezi Hotel,the service charge does not change and those who work night shifts are paid k3,000 now k3 for each night worked,when their contracts stipulated that it is 15 percent of the basic which in this case is about k600,000 now k600.can the relevant authorities do something about this.These employees have been made to sign backdated contracts when pf came into power because they thought that pf was going to be tuff with them but this is not the case.
makaba - January 3, 2013
14:13
Enough of these guys abusing zambians…can someone please be doing his job to ensure that everything is done accordingly.
zambicious - January 3, 2013
14:12
where are u situated
conman - January 3, 2013
14:10
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mbesuma - January 3, 2013
13:18
Take them to a competent court of law
Syber - January 3, 2013
13:16
You have not told us how much is collected, and the number of employees to share the same.
Mzee hekima - January 3, 2013
13:12
that is more money for you
Deluna - January 3, 2013
13:11