Padarath: Jobs secure at WASA

Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath has disclosed that people employed under short-term contracts at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) are coming to the end of their tenure.

But he has assured employees of WASA that their jobs are secure despite a reduction in the Authority’s allocation for personnel expenditure.

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Opposition MP Marvin Gonzales raised concerns that several WASA workers were already receiving termination notices informing them that their contracts would not be renewed at the end of October.