The Jastrzębie III mine, which extracts hard coal, is scheduled for liquidation, which will start in January. The shareholders of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa agreed on Wednesday on free transfer of the mine to the Mine Restructuring Company (SRK). Along with the mine, not only 900 JSW employees will be transferred to the new employer, but also 1.4 thousand. employees of other mining companies.
“The JSW Management Board announces that it has made a decision about 1.4 thous. people employed in other mining companies for the purpose of their further transfer to SRK“- the company from Jastrzębie officially announced on Thursday.
It is about PGG, Węglokoks Kraj and Tauron Wydobycie. Miners are transferred to JSW for one day. Employees of these companies, wishing to go to SRK to take advantage of the statutory social protection there, had to leave their current employer by agreement of the parties, and on Friday they will be formally employed at JSW. Then, along with the assets of the Jastrzębie III area, they will go to a restructuring company, where they will benefit from the so-called mining leaves or one-time, 120,000 severance payments.
The miners feel cheated
In recent days, many PGG employees have complained in interviews with journalists that the applied mechanism of transition to the SRK is unfavorable for them, because by dismissing the parties by agreement with PGG, they lose some of the benefits due to them, incl. severance pay resulting from the collective labor agreement, jubilee awards, and then some benefits, the employees told PAP, judging that they had been deceived by their employer.
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In addition, the employment of these people at JSW is to take place on the same terms as before at PGG, while JSW employs employees at different rates, which – as the employees assume – may be inconsistent with the Labor Code and become the basis for future claims.
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