The Senior Staff Association of the Bulk Oil Storage & Transportation Limited (BOST) are up in arms against management of the company over recruitment of workers.

The staff accuse management of the company of violating the firm’s recruitment policies.

In a strongly worded petition addressed to the company’s board sighted by JOYNEWS, the workers are demanding the immediate suspension of an ongoing restructuring exercise.

The March 20, 2015 petition said, there is ‘’a deliberate violation of the labour law by the company’’ with regard to temporary staff who have been under contract for more than four years.

The senior staff question why workers who have been appraised, evaluated and recommended for permanent employment by heads of department are yet to be confirmed.

Again, they accuse management of what they describe as closed-door recruitment of new staff without regard for the ongoing restructuring process.

The senior staff say while existing workers have been asked to reapply for their  jobs, new staff are being employed every now and then. This they say is contrary to laid down recruitment procedures.

Also, the BOST senior staff association accuses the management of indiscriminate transfers, threats of transfers and dismissal. They cite the case of the company’s treasury officer who has been working with BOST for nine years. According to them, she was dismissed under, “bizarre circumstances without considering her career development.”

The strongly worded petition concludes by making seven key demands including the suspension of the restructuring process and providing better clarity on the procedure. The Association is also asking the board to revoke all new appointments that may have been done illegally.

Meanwhile the Managing Director of BOST, Kwame Awuah Darko, has declined a formal interview but told JOYNEWS the allegations are untrue.

He added that management will comment fully on the concerns on Monday.