BIFM staff may sue over retrenchments
Monday, March 23, 2015
Tshiamo Rantao
The restructuring exercise comes in the wake of the firm’s loss of the lucrative P9 billion-management contract of Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF).
Attorney Kabo Motswagole, representing the 37 employees, stated in a letter to the BIFM acting chief executive officer Neo Bogatsu, dated March 14, 2015 that it had been consistent throughout the process that his clients have never been consulted.
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