Hargeisa Regional Court Orders UNICEF to Compensate Former Employees

Hargeisa, 30 Jan 2014 (SDN) –About 17 former employees of United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) now have a reason to afford a broader smile after Marodijeh Regional Court in Hargeisa ordered the organization to compensate them for unfair dismissal. The 17 former employees are to be paid $ 613,916, the court ruled.

The presiding judge Mr. Faisal Abdilahi Ismael ordered UNICEF. In a letter sent to the organization dated 22/1/14, the UN agency was ordered by the court to pay within ten days the sum of money amounting $ 613,916 to the former workers.

The former employees were represented by Mr. Barkhad Jama Aare and Mr. Said Farah Ahmed. The long standing case was deliberated after a 16 man committee from the office of labour conflict resolutions intervened to solve the labour dispute concerning the employment benefits of the plaintiffs.

In a strong worded statement to the organization the judge ordered UNICEF to pay the employees benefits without delay.

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