Editor,

RE: "Increasing court cases expose gaps in the labour law” (The New Times, February 5). It is unfortunate that this article quotes some key figures as being unaware of glitches in the labour law. But, again, nothing surprises me anymore. I am an employee and honestly feel sorry for employers who have to deal with employees that have outrightly refused to work or do the bare minimum and expect to be handsomely rewarded at the end of the month.

The one thing that never ceases to amaze me is the ability of "incompetent” employees to create turmoil in the workplace instead of channeling that energy into doing their work.

We may choose to bury our heads in the sand but one thing is becoming increasingly clear: employees, and especially the incompetent ones, continuously leave a bad taste in employers’ mouths but smile all the way to the bank because the laws, for some unfathomable reason, protect them.

Tesi *********************************

This is one of the main reasons why professionalism and service levels are in such an unfortunate state in this country. People know they can hardly be fired, so they don’t mind ruining their employer’s business. That’s not how we get to become a middle-income country, people.

Dayo Ntwari