Staff at Daily Times unpaid since July
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 31 October 2018
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Staff at Daily Times have gone four months without pay, severely impacting morale. The management cites delayed government payments for advertisements as the reason, raising concerns about potential layoffs.Summary
ISLAMABAD – The staff at Daily Times appears demoralized after not getting paid for the past four months.
Insiders tell JournalismPakistan.com that the management has not disbursed monthly salaries since July.
The managers say the inordinate delay is because the government has not made payments for all the advertisements published by the paper.
Faced with what is an uncertain situation, the employees have considered the option of resigning en masse, insiders say.
There are also indications of the management pondering laying-off staff in the near future.
Key Points
- Daily Times staff have not been paid since July.
- Management blames delays on unpaid government advertisements.
- Employees are considering mass resignations due to financial stress.
- There are indications of possible layoffs by management.
- The situation has created low morale among the staff.
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