9ja which way

SalamRushdie:


Was he a full staff or on a renewable contract ?

None is contract staff, all full staff

when a foreign companies into the country they follow due process. it is the NLc that we subvert the will of the people .we are the evil unto ourselves.
when NPA was concessioned, they have not paid their gratuity up to this moment, and the same union affiliate short changed their members

If companies have no one to put them in check, they will always abuse the system. Same with the likes of Shell and the Ogoni case. The Nigerian government has failed in its core tasks.

Bujumbura:
don't you attend church?

Naija guys don't like going to church but they are not comfortable marrying ladies that don't attend church

Wetin concern Church with the subject matter here bike?

Is a severance package included in the letter of employment? Most likely they are third party staffs paid by an outsourcing company, they may have to deal with their paymasters.
The terms of those in same geo-market may not be same as Nigeria, no need for the sentiment. By the way why protest in Enugu?

The earlier you start your company, the better for you guys.

SalamRushdie:


Was he a full staff or on a renewable contract ?

My friend said he was a full staff and they were 400 ex employee cheater by this company as against 219 reported by the media.

FabioPeter:
Is a severance package included in the letter of employment? Most likely they are third party staffs paid by an outsourcing company, they may have to deal with their paymasters.
The terms of those in same geo-market may not be same as Nigeria, no need for the sentiment. By the way why protest in Enugu?

They were full staffs. The court case is at the industrial court Enugu. Check the pix again. They are sueing Baker for voilating the nigerian labour law.

I thought B J services acquired Baker Hughes?
Anyways the company haven't been known of good staff welfare shaa

mployer:
No fvcks given.
When they were chopping the oil money they didn't call me

I totally agree with you. No need to give a Bleep since it does not affect us. However, you will be amazed by the number of Nigerians that will come out after the success of this case. They go home empty after putting their lives on the line for this companies. Our problem as a nation has been me, myself and I along tribe and religion.

When u realise your government didnt give a rat ass

A friend of mine joined Bakerhughes almost the same time I joined Schlumberger, I always envy him due to the name BHI already made in Nigeria, I got the shock of my life when I saw his Pay-off Package after almost 2years compared to what is obtained in Schlumberger, ds my guy didn't get up to 500K, I didn't believe him until I saw his Pay off cheque.Bakerhughes Nigeria is a complete scam, full of evil and self-centered mangement

I am really disappointed in Martin CraigHead, Baker Hughes Incorporated and Baker Hughes company Ltd. I see no reason why an international oil servicing coy who obeys the US laws and other International Labour Organisation laws will come to Nigeria and flagrantly disobey the laws of the land with a single aim to Cheat and Kill Nigerians. We won't accept this rubbish. Enough is Enough. Pls pay our redundancy and get lost!!!

franfumu:
They were full staffs. The court case is at the industrial court Enugu. Check the pix again. They are sueing Baker for voilating the nigerian labour law.

OK, thanks, it's clearer now.

Protest against American company from Igboland!

They won't get jack... Your labour laws in Nigeria are wack.....the people you ate running to for help are the ones that had their palms greased

mesoprogress:
Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu

About 400 aggrieved ex-employees of Baker and Hughes, the third largest multi-national oil servicing company in Nigeria on Friday staged a peaceful protest at the premises of the National Industrial Court Enugu where they are challenging their unlawful disengagement by the company.

The protesting ex-workers are demanding for their entitlements said to be worth a whooping N12 billion from the company.



The protesters carrying placards, chanted slogans against the companyand its Chief Executive Officer, Martin Craighead, insisting that theirdisengagement did not comply with existing labour laws in Nigeria.

Some of the placards they displayed read: ‘Baker and Hughes, How many more deaths Pay us while we are alive’, ‘Martin Craighead, slave master’, ‘Baker and Hughes pay us our money’, ‘Baker and Hughes, pay us like Congo, Gabon, Chad and Ghana’, ‘Baker and Hughes is nepotism’.

Briefing journalists outside the courtroom, George Ogara, counsel to the claimants/plaintiffs, said they were asking Baker and Hughes to pay them their adequate severancepackages.

Ogara said they were also asking for the post employment medical benefits as operated in other African countries in the same Geo-market with Nigeria, such as Congo, Gabon, Chad and Ghana.

He regretted that while workers disengaged by the company in the other African countries were adequately compensated with redundant allowances, Baker and Hughes treated those in Nigeria like slaves, not minding the position of Nigeria as the head of the Geo-market.

Ogara regretted that 15 of the disengaged workers have died and their widows are suffering, adding that they were asking that their entitlements be paid to them.

Earlier yesterday, hearing on the suit brought before the National Industrial Court Enugu by the ex-employees against the company was stalled, following the plea by the defendants’ counsels for more time to enable them to resolve issues over their representation as well as file their reply to the suit.

Ogara, the counsel to the claimants/plaintiffs had asked the court to allow him to proceed with his motion on notice as it appears that the respondents were not opposing it.

The motion is seeking among others for an order to restrain General Electrics from acquiring Baker and Hughes or ensuring that the ex-employees were paid their benefits (totaling about N12 billion) before the acquisition.

However, one of the respondent counsels, Ismail Muftau told the court that he has not received the processes for the motion on notice fixed for the day.

Muftau who appeared alongside Ayoade Oluwasammi for the defense, later admitted that he only sighted the processes from one of his colleagues in the defense and asked for time to reply to it when served.

But, Ogara told the court that the claimants were in a hurry and that the defendants were bidding for more time to destroy the res (subject matter) in the case.

In his ruling, Justice Auwal Ibrahim said the matter has to be adjourned to enable service to all the parties and to allow the two lawyers to the defendants to resolve issues about the particular defendants that they are representing.

Justice Ibrahim adjourned the matter to March 10th for the hearing of the motion.

Speaking with journalists after the court sitting, Ogara said they were asking for justice for 219 ex-employees of Baker and Hughes, who are among the 1000 who were declaredredundant and sent home without benefits.
But, Muftau who equally spoke with journalists outside the courtroom, dismissed the claim of the ex-employees, saying that they collected severance benefits and returned to court thereafter to ask for more.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/02/12/aggrieved-ex-bakerhughes-employees-protest-in-enugu-demand-n12b-entitlements/

What does your labour laws say? Is it binding on companies to pay compensation to workers in case of a disengagement?

seggie:
I am really disappointed in Martin CraigHead, Baker Hughes Incorporated and Baker Hughes company Ltd. I see no reason why an international oil servicing coy who obeys the US laws and other International Labour Organisation laws will come to Nigeria and flagrantly disobey the laws of the land with a single aim to Cheat and Kill Nigerians. We won't accept this rubbish. Enough is Enough. Pls pay our redundancy and get lost!!!

it just a matter of a court case, why the gra gra?

franfumu:
BAKER HUGHES is a scam company. My friend worked there for 15 years. His position was declared redundant and he was dropped from service with a paltry sum of 500,00 naira in this recession. Good people of Nigeria, is that a redundancy / benefit package? See the kind of evil some companies perpetrate in Nigeria. And to think that they do this to 219 Nigerians is despicable. No wonder the recession is even biting very hard in Nigeria.

We Nigerians love to tell half truths when we leave the services of an organization...

Please ask your friend if he had outstanding loans against which his entitlements were netted off when he left the company

franfumu:
I totally agree with you. No need to give a Bleep since it does not affect us. However, you will be amazed by the number of Nigerians that will come out after the success of this case. They go home empty after putting their lives on the line for this companies. Our problem as a nation has been me, myself and I along tribe and religion.

Put their lives on the line

Bro, you know how much these guys were earning as salaries?
They enjoyed alone, let them do the protest alone. Still no fvcks given

I don't even know what response to give you, so you mean more than 200 employees r giving half story or what? And for your information can these numbers be indebted to d company at the same time of layoffs? Bros borrow some wisdom from Proverbs 15:23. Or better still just read comments and follow up

Kobicove:


We Nigerians love to tell half truths when we leave the services of an organization...

Please ask your friend if he had outstanding loans against which his entitlements were netted off when he left the company

Threemg:
I don't even know what response to give you, so you mean more than 200 employees r giving half story or what? And for your information can these numbers be indebted to d company at the same time of layoffs? Bros borrow some wisdom from Proverbs 15:23. Or better still just read comments and follow up

I was not referring to the 200 people that got laid off...

My interest is with the liar who said he got a pay-off of N500,000 after working for 15 years.

Yes, you heard me right I called him a bloody liar cos that's what he is

Instead of him to admit that he was heavily indebted as at the time of his disengagement he's making it seem as if the company shortchanged him

Ignorant people just come to social media and write trash!

Kobicove:


I was not referring to the 200 people that got laid off...

My interest is with the liar who said he got a pay-off of N500,000 after working for 15 years.

Yes, you heard me right I called him a bloody liar cos that's what he is

Instead of him to admit that he was heavily indebted as at the time of his disengagement he's making it seem as if the company shortchanged him

Ignorant people just come to social media and write trash!

The truth of the matter is that Baker Hughes did not follow existing Nigeria laws when they laid off staff and paid them peanuts as severance. That's what's being addressed in the court. They know they would lose out, and they are jittery. The bad is that we have a moribund government that does not protect its citizens. In Germany and France, they were given stringent conditions, including paying staff a percentage of their salary until they get a new job. Nigerians made millions of dollars for this company, so they can comfortably pay off staff well if they wish.

Anyways, the figure he quoted may be questionable but Bros believe me these guys especially the Nigeria Bakerhughes management are evil men, they don't care how much u r paid off all dt matters to them is how to cut all ur pay for the sake of their own selfish promotion.

Kobicove:


I was not referring to the 200 people that got laid off...

My interest is with the liar who said he got a pay-off of N500,000 after working for 15 years.

Yes, you heard me right I called him a bloody liar cos that's what he is

Instead of him to admit that he was heavily indebted as at the time of his disengagement he's making it seem as if the company shortchanged him

Ignorant people just come to social media and write trash!

Kobicove:


I was not referring to the 200 people that got laid off...

My interest is with the liar who said he got a pay-off of N500,000 after working for 15 years.

Yes, you heard me right I called him a bloody liar cos that's what he is

Instead of him to admit that he was heavily indebted as at the time of his disengagement he's making it seem as if the company shortchanged him

Ignorant people just come to social media and write trash!

You are a Shipopotamus n a bloody liar who does not have any fact but just condemn another. Can you call any ex Baker Hughes staff to confirm what I am telling you. My info is from the horse''s mouth. This is an America company not an India or Chinese company defrauding Nigerians and you are here defending them.

Threemg:
Anyways, the figure he quoted may be questionable but Bros believe me these guys especially the Nigeria Bakerhughes management are evil men, they don't care how much u r paid off all dt matters to them is how to cut all ur pay for the sake of their own selfish promotion.

Naija factor as usual. Such a shame.

franfumu:
You are a Shipopotamus n a bloody liar who does not have any fact but just condemn another. Can you call any ex Baker Hughes staff to confirm what I am telling you. My info is from the horse''s mouth. This is an America company not an India or Chinese company defrauding Nigerians and you are here defending them.

I will not call a random Baker Hughes staff to confirm anything...

I'm particular about the liar who said he/she got paid N500,000 after 15 years service with the company...the person lied so as to get public sympathy

Ask him to present a copy of the Certificate of Discharge which was prepared by the Finance and Accounts department (This document will show a summary of all his entitlements upon disengagement, it will also show a summary of all outstanding loans and advances)

It is the net amount that will be paid to the staff who is disengaging therefore the final amount he/she gets will depend on how much he/she owes the company and banks as the case may be...

I challenge him/her to provide a certified true copy of this document

Please stop making a public exhibit of your ignorance here!

Kobicove:


I will not call a random Baker Hughes staff to confirm anything...

I'm particular about the liar who said he/she got paid N500,000 after 15 years service with the company...the person lied so as to get public sympathy

Ask him to present a copy of the Certificate of Discharge which was prepared by the Finance and Accounts department (This document will show a summary of all his entitlements upon disengagement, it will also show a summary of all outstanding loans and advances)

It is the net amount that will be paid to the staff who is disengaging therefore the final amount he/she gets will depend on how much he/she owes the company and banks as the case may be...

I challenge him/her to provide a certified true copy of this document

Please stop making a public exhibit of your ignorance here!

Bottom line is, you don't have a source and fact, so just shut up. There is another ex staff paid off with 1 million naira after 21 years. Does that not sound similar to that of my friend.By the way, are you sympatizing with the foreigners defrauding Nigerians? Do you know the kind of bribe these companies ditch out?

franfumu:
Bottom line is, you don't have a source and fact, so just shut up. There is another ex staff paid off with 1 million naira after 21 years. Does that not sound similar to that of my friend.By the way, are you sympatizing with the foreigners defrauding Nigerians? Do you know the kind of bribe these companies ditch out?

I don't need to have a source to know what happens...I am a finance personnel and I also work for a well structured company so I know the proper procedure for employee disengagement

You on the other hand are ranting based on sentiments and hearsay which is not valid

If you must argue then do so based on verifiable facts and logic

Stop throwing around wild and unsubstantiated 'beer palour' accusations which you cannot defend

Kobicove:


I don't need to have a source to know what happens...I am a finance personnel and I also work for a well structured company so I know the proper procedure for employee disengagement

You on the other hand are ranting based on sentiments and hearsay which is not valid

If you must argue then do so based on verifiable facts and logic

Stop throwing around wild and unsubstantiated 'beer palour' accusations which you cannot defend

Since you claim to know, please educate us, why are 400 Nigerians suing baker Hughes company?

franfumu:
Since you claim to know, please educate us, why are 400 Nigerians suing baker Hughes company?

I have no concern with the 400 or so staff who are suing the company...

You're still dodging the main issue which revolves around your first allegation

Prove to the world that a staff left the employment of the company after 15 years of service and got only a pay-off of N500,000 which was not as a result of outstanding debts against him but as a result of willful intent of the company to cheat him.