Employment minister visits Anonyme Island |08 September 2020

“A listening ear during this difficult time can help relieve some of the hardship being faced by workplaces as a result of the Covid-19.”

Those were the words echoed by the Minister for Employment, Immigration and Civil Status, Myriam Telemaque, as she presses on with her fortnightly visits to workplaces to bring the support of her ministry to employers and workers alike facing challenges in this current economic climate.

The minister visited Anonyme Island Resort on Wednesday last week accompanied by senior officers of her ministry. In keeping with the new normal, she did not visit the staff at their work stations as is customary but rather had an entretien with them in small groups ensuring to maintain the social distancing arrangement.

As the pandemic continues to have an adverse impact on economies around the world, our country is also feeling its effect. Fortunately, for the workers at the Anonyme Island Resort, none has been made redundant or found themselves facing salary cuts.

A representative from the Island Resort stated that the Resort is instead continuously looking for new talents having recently employed workers from the hospitality industry that have been made redundant.

In general, the staff expressed that they were happy to work for the Resort, with a number of them having served for up to 13 years.

The few issues brought up by the staff could be easily addressed internally by setting up simple and effective line of communication between staff and management, something that the staff have been asking for.

Management has thus agreed to re-start the departmental and general staff meeting that they used to have on a regular basis.

The minister stressed to the staff that it is important now more than ever to give their all in their work.

She highlighted that many of our fellow Seychellois have not been as lucky so it is paramount that businesses that are still in operation continue to be so and strive, to allow our economy to recover and more jobs created in the process.

Contributed by the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status