A Chinese -owned firm that manufactures furniture, Planas Trading, is forcing workers to clean human waste with bare hands.
Staff reporter/News Day
The company has since fired one of its employees Nomutsa Molai, for refusing to  clean up the company directors’ toilets, including removing used toilet paper.
Molai has since approached the trade union challenging her dismissal which she said was a violation of her rights.
A letter written by the employment council representing the Commercial Workers’ Union indicates that Planas had illegally terminated Molai’s contract after she had refused to do the “dirty work”.
“In order to solve the matter amicably, you are invited to call at council offices on November 27 at 9am for a meeting with the undersigned (TR Viriri — labour officer),” read part of the letter addressed to the company’s human resources manager, Wellington Mutambanengwe.
Yesterday, Mutambanengwe confirmed the matter, but refused to discuss since it was now before a labour officer.
“We are dealing with that issue, but as you indicated that we are supposed to appear before a labour officer, I will not say anything more than that. In any case, I am not allowed to comment on such issues to the Press,” he said.
Chinese investors have been accused of mistreating local workers taking advantage of the high unemployment in the country and most of them have not been brought before the courts for their misdeeds.