Liberia: Golden Key Hotel's employee exposes alleged unfair and harsh working conditions, incl. co comment
" Golden Key Hotel faces bad labor allegation" 28 February 2024
Madam Dennis, who is demanding eight months’ salaries owed by the management, also accuses Madam Gorlorwulu of brutal assault, inflicting physical pains in her body, for which she is currently seeking medication while her former Boss is allegedly refusing to pay her arrears.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, 26th February 2024, she said employees of the Golden Key Hotel work under harsh and unfair conditions, noting that she didn’t speak out while in the employ of the entity for fear of intimidation and lack of job opportunities here. According to her, after she was allegedly flogged by Madam Gorlorwulu, a few days later she was sent home from work on February 12, 2024, and told that her services were no longer needed without paying her off. [...] When contacted, Hotel Proprietress Madam Gorlorwulu, who asked journalists to reverse the story, because there was no significant need and evidence for publication, however, admitted that the hotel owes Madam Decontee Dennis for services rendered to the entity.
She alleges that Decontee Dennis has been abusive and apparently lazy on the job, as she was only hired based on recommendation from her husband (Alphonso Dennis) who is a leader of the King Gray Community, and also as part of the Hotel’s Social Corporate Responsibility, noting that she had no qualification for the waitress job, neither did she submit an application, but was rather hired as a contractor on a gentleman agreement, adding that she treated fairly like other workers. [...] Complaints of maltreatment against hotel employees by management are becoming common here. Recently, the Management of RLJ Keneja Hotel and Villa along the Robertsfield Highway similarly in Paynesville was taken to court by a former female employee for unbearable ordeal she suffered while in the service of the entity.