{"id":708,"date":"2011-08-26T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T07:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/employers-trained-on-relations-with-employees\/"},"modified":"2011-08-26T08:07:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T08:07:40","slug":"employers-trained-on-relations-with-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/employers-trained-on-relations-with-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers trained on Relations with Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{The Private Sector Federation (PSF) has started training employers on negations in industrial relations which will enable them to interact well with their employees.}}<\/p>\n

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One of the trainers, Dirk Joosse, a senior consultant in the Association of Employers in Netherlands believes that employers ought to be flexible towards their employees if they wanted to improve their business productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn salary negotiation for instance, an employee might want a rise in order to cope up with the inflation which has affected the cost of living and in such a cases the employer should freely negotiate on the amount to be added despite the terms in the contract,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI mean if the employee is working in good conditions he will be motivated and work better\u201d.<\/p>\n

For bosses who are big-headed that also take lightly matters affecting their workers, a solution for such situations can be found in trade unions.<\/p>\n

However, Joosse advised Rwandan employees to form themselves into vibrant trade unions since it facilitates advocacy for some of the issues affecting them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some institutions you may find there\u2019re no safety tools for those working in risky areas and likewise companies where employees don\u2019t have medical insurance, the reason advocacy is essential, especially in pushing for the changes,\u201d said.<\/p>\n

His fellow trainer Jean Mukunzi who\u2019s also an expert in industrial relations was quick to note that Rwandan labor laws suggest that in a company where there are more than eleven employees, there should be at least one representative to voice their concerns to the employer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, the employees\u2019 representative is a worker nominated by the employees and should communicate any problem his colleagues are facing,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Mukunzi also commended Rwandan laws but criticized a slow pace in implementing some of the policies which are essential.
\nHe referred to the 80% salary insurance cover given to women who extend their maternity leave for extra six months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Rwanda maternity leave was reduced from 12 to 6 weeks, where in the latter case, they get 100% of their salary while those willing to extend for 6 more weeks get 20%.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why there was a law meant to have an insurance cover for the remaining 80%, if this is implemented even those wishing to extend their maternity leave will receive their full salary,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

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