Employment minister visits Skychef/Servair |24 May 2018

‘Communication is important in working organisations’

The Minister for Employment, Immigration and Civil Status, Myriam Telemaque, has stressed the importance of effective communication in working organisations as it provides employees with the opportunity to share ideas and discuss challenges that they face.

The minister was speaking after her visit at Skychef/Servair, as part of her agenda to maintain a closer relationship with working organisations to ensure that there is workplace stability for the continued development of our economy. 

Skychef/Servair, based at the Seychelles International Airport, has 280 employees.

During her visit, the minister highlighted the importance of having regular meetings where employees have the opportunity to share ideas on how to improve their workplace.

“Workers will have a sense of belonging and will take ownership of their activities,” said Minister Telemaque.

She added that an open line of communication also allows for issues to be addressed in a timely manner instead of it festering into frustration, creating a non-conducive working environment.

“Lack of communication brings uncertainty and the staff gets restless which is not good for productivity,” explained the minister.

The minister has said that Skychef needs to look at ways to keep their employees motivated and additionally invest in equipment to ensure that they deliver according to standards required and also achieve their targets.

“When you have a workforce who is happy and motivated, productivity will be very high and the working organisation stands to benefit,” said Minister Telemaque.

The minister commended Skychef on the fact that it has a good number of long serving staff and that the company should look at ways and means to continue to improve its retention strategy to ensure that these employees keep working for it and new ones to stay with it for a long time.

As customary, the actions agreed upon, from the visit, will be followed through by officials from the Ministry of Employment to ensure that they are being implemented.