Kathmandu, June 21

Although the Hyatt Regency Hotel has resumed its services, the dispute between trade union workers and management team of the hotel is still to be sorted out.

After receiving request letter from Labour and Employment Office, workers returned to work and the management team has now resumed guest reservations. However, both parties are still to sit for a discussion.

While the workers accuse management team of cutting off their benefits as mentioned in the contract, the management team blames the trade union of holding unlawful strike.

“The management team has not called us for any discussion yet. We are just following the request of labour office,” said Mukti Dahal, president of Hyatt’s trade union.

Moreover, the management has asked nine trade union workers to submit a clarification in writing as to why their service contract should not be terminated.

“Instead of holding discussion, they are seeking clarification by going against the direction of labour office,” Dahal added. He said if the management team continues to ‘harass’ the workers by asking for ‘unnecessary’ clarification, then they will resume their protest.

Meanwhile, Govinda Pariyar, head of Human Resources Department at Hyatt, said the management has happily implemented the request of labour office. “We have followed the labour office’s request. Workers have resumed their duties like earlier and we have not interrupted their work,” he added.

He, however, said that there is no point in holding discussion with workers since they protested without any justifiable reasons.

“It makes no sense that the workers staged a protest against the management just because we had earlier asked 15 workers to give clarification for being absent for many days,” he said, adding, “But they did so, not even bothering to pre-inform the management. Thus, we are not calling them for any discussion.”

According to him, the management is ready to follow the direction of the labour office.

He further said that the hotel is seeking the support of the union and their central committee not to hamper the hotel’s operation in the future. “In case of any grievances, they should be amicably resolved through dialogue with the concerned stakeholders,” Pariyar said.

The hotel services were affected for almost six days from June 13 due to the trade union workers’ protest.