Mathew Som

According to Chief Inspector Timothy Pomoso, who is standing in for the Lae metropolitan superintendent, says though police were informed of a planned protest on Monday morning, the planned protest was dismissed.

In earlier reports, a spokesperson for the workers had raised concerns of their remunerations and their working times, which they had brought across with a stop work strike.

However, spokesperson Mathew Som confirmed with TVWAN News that the situation has been contained and all workers have been informed to go back to work.

Despite the management of the company promising to address one of the two issues raised in a petition, which was delivered on Monday, staff have decided to continue their protest.

Spokesperson for staff, Mathew Som, told Loop PNG that during a meeting this morning, management had agreed to count hours worked on Sunday as overtime.

He said the initial arrangement saw staff work Sundays but their hours were paid as regular and not overtime.