Ericsson Faces Labour 'Unfair Dismissal' Dispute

Ericsson employees outside Labour offices
Ericsson employees outside Labour offices

About 20 workers of leading network and telecommunications company Ericsson (AB Botswana) have taken their employer to the Department of Labour over what they term ‘unfair dismissal’.

This came after the company gave the employees notice of retrenchment early this year. It is said that the employees are part of the staff that were adopted by Ericsson from Orange Botswana back in 2014 when the duo signed a contract for management and field maintenance of Orange Botswana’s network infrastructure.

Information passed on to The Monitor is that the company then informed the workers about the impending retrenchment, as its contract with Orange Botswana has not been renewed.

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