Delta Dairies dragged to court over unpaid salaries

Delta Dairies
Delta Dairies

Delta Dairies has lost the first leg of the case in which over 55 employees took the company to court over unpaid salaries.

As financial woes for the first citizen owned milk-processing plant worsen, on Wednesday, the workers took to the Industrial Court after having gone without salaries for the past two months.

In an interim ruling issued by Justice Tebogo Maruping at the Industrial court, Delta Dairies has been ordered to appear in court next Tuesday to argue its case, failure to do so the company would have to settle the outstanding P661,545.09 salaries by July 31, 2014.

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