Workers claim they should be paid for having worked on December 9 which was declared a holiday...

Instead, the company reportedly granted a compensatory day off for around 2,000 employees...

The two unions at the company – the Alba Trade Union (ATU) and the Alba Labour Union (ALU) – have now urged the management to reconsider its decision...

"we learned that the company did not pay the shift workers overtime for that particular day but added a day to their annual leave,” [an ALU member] claimed.

The unionist alleged the company had violated the labour law by not paying overtime to its employees for the extra hours worked...

Alba said it had offered shift employees the option of a compensatory day off or apply for overtime.

“Alba gave December 9 as a public holiday for regular day employees despite being a non-governmental company,” said an Alba official...

“Alba has given [shift employees] the option to either apply for overtime or have one day credited into their annual leave balance.”