QWASIE INTERNATIONAL MEAT QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES V O L U M E 8 , I S S U E 0 4 A P R I L 2 0 1 4 INSIDE THIS Manager’s Pen IMQAS Pay date Ask Him Words of Wisdom 1 MANAGER’S PEN 1 Dear Colleagues, 2 W 2 IMQAS Matters 2 Training as a vigorous tool in the hand of IMQAS 3 Facebook Competition 3 Birthdays 4 Participation 4 CONTACT IMQAS Tel: (012) 348 5115/6 Fax: (012) 348 5117 E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 35400 Menlo Park, 0102 318 The Hillside Building The Hillside Str. 1st Floor West Lynnwood Pretoria, 0081 hen reading this I will be enjoying the warm sun of the sea and will I have forgotten the toil of head office for a while. I do believe that leave is one of the best things that is given to any employee and would again want to urge you to take leave to refresh your mind and body for another year’s work. Use this privilege to the best of your own health. F rom time to time it seems that a concerted onslaught is made to destabilise the employees of the company and to take their peace of mind away I t is currently again the case and it saddens me that this is happening to you. T he work security is not of the best in our line of inspection services and I do hope that this will be addressed by the Government in the near future. T he rumours that IMQAS is sold and contracts are to be terminated are again in the air. A GAIN, we do have a letter from RMAA that they intend to get rid of their shares in IMQAS to ensure the company’s independence. Therefore it is only natural that we will have from time to time experience companies showing interest in buying these shares. N ow would any such a company want to buy IMQAS shares only to proceed to terminate the contracts and in so doing killing the company they are buying? Anybody in their right mind will see the folly of such an action. I would like to therefore want to set your mind at rest. If a company should buy the IMQAS shares, it will only be by a company that would want to strengthen the company and better the conditions of its employees. Therefore no sudden mass contract cancellations will happen and if the abattoirs do not terminate the contract your jobs are safe and you will be informed immediately if such a buy should happen. I n my opinion such a buy could only benefit IMQAS and its personnel and it should therefore rather be something to look forward to than with trepidation A s a general manager I would also welcome it and I would like you to be at peace and enjoy the daily life as was intended by God. W e are currently busy with a process of internal auditing of our personnel to evaluate possible refresher courses and you can enquire about this with your regional manager. S afe meat regards, Dr. Tertius Bergh General Manager IMQAS PAY DATE Employees get paid on the 25th of each month from the first day to the last day of the month (+-5 days in advance). Due to undue losses and absconding of personnel after receiving their salaries on the 25th, it was decided to change the pay date to the last working day of the month. The first payment on the last working day of the month will be Monday, 30 June 2014, this will give everyone enough time to make the necessary arrangements with your bank. PAGE 2 ASK HIM! ASK HIM QUESTION ANSWER What happens when an IMQAS employee worked overtime and have not received overtime payment in the very next month?? If an employee have worked overtime during the month, he/she will only receive it in the next month end. ASK DR. BERGH! Should the Abattoir have outstanding money with IMQAS, the Abattoir will first have to be invoiced the overtime and when the payment have been received, only then the employee will receive the overtime payment IMQAS MATTERS WORDS OF WISDOM: “A great life is born in the soul, grown in the mind , and lived from the heart.” Suzanne Zoglio Employee Pay slips mail/fax Supervisory Officials at Abattoirs IMQAS currently has 303 permanent employees working in abattoirs all over the country. We would like to ask all the supervisory officials to send all documentations (attendance register, overtime, leave and schedule 8) to the relevant Regional Mangers by no later than the 3rd working day of each month. Regional Managers need to hand the documentation in at Head office on the 7th working day. This Is for payroll to process the documentation in time for month payments. We would like to request to ALL employees that if your address details have changed to please inform the Payroll office. Employees details and addresses are very important. It is to ensure that you receive important documentation for example IRP5 certificates, providence fund proof of statements etc. at the correct address. Please Identify yourself in ALL your correspondence with your employee (staff) number. Your cooperation in this regard will be highly appreciated. Protective Clothing Due to the huge request for protective clothing, IMQAS ordered the clothing and it takes up to 6-8 weeks to be delivered. It will be send to IMQAS offices and Regional Managers addresses that was provided. We apologize caused. QWASIE for any inconvenience VOLUME 8, ISSUE 04 PAGE 3 TRAINING, AS A VIGOROUS TOOL IN THE HAND OF IMQAS Since IMQAS accepted the responsibility and the challenge of training meat examiners, meat inspectors and also veterinary students the company underwent an number of up’s and down’s. At this point in time however, the hick-up’s are, gratefully something of the past and the training department as a unit, is geared to present and offer the best possible quality of training. To a large extent the aim, in the past, was to get students through the training schedule whatever the cost, thereby jeopardizing quality of training.. Dedication and a high level of enthusiasm is currently being experience to meet the needs of the students as a unit but not forgetting the needs of the individual. The fruit of this new mindset is already being experienced. A special word of appreciation to the IMQAS personnel, who support the training staff with the development of the skills, applicable to primary meat inspection. We realize that it is not an easy task when you are still compelled to perform your own duties at the same time. Thank you, furthermore for dedicated inspection staff that tirelessly assist with the collection of pathology samples even when this is required at short notice. You are the backbone of all our efforts in the training department and your contributions have not passed unnoticed. To all the training Officials and inspection staff, countrywide, we appreciate your efforts. Paul Rabie Technical Training Coordinator IMQAS HEAD OFFICE COMPETITION CONGRATULATIONS TO: FACEBOOK COMPETITION How does it work? Follow these four easy steps:     Lybette Michaels The pictures below indicates an Ostrich liver. It is enlarged and has cancer. R100 easily? “Upload your photo on IMQAS’ face Go to IMQAS’ Facebook page Like the page; Submit your photo; Win R100-00; If you do not have access to Facebook, worry not, just send the photo to your Regional Manager, they will make sure it reaches Head Office. “How to win a This photos was taken by Lybette Michaels from Mosstrich Abattoirs in Western Cape. Acknowledgement: L. Micheals BIRTHDAYS May 2014 IMQAS Head Office wishes all a very Happy Birthday, may you have a good and healthy year. 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 MR K MR R MR W/M MR NÈ MR DJ MR W MR MBD MS PA MR AN MR TT MR EM 11 MR PP VISAGIE MOONSAMY SUKWINI SHANGE ROSANT FELIX HANEKOM SITHOLE FORTUIN MTHANYELO CELE NEELS WC HO GAU E.C. WC E.C. WC OFS WC GAU KZN NC 12 MR HZ 13 MR MC 14 MR E.C. 15 MR TW 19 MS NP 20 MR CA 22 MR F 22 MR PS 22 MS LF 25 MR B 25 MR CW HLATSHWAYO MPML MADONDO WATERBOER SMITH DLAMINI STUURMAN DAMONS BELANI MABASO HOYI SCHEFFERS OFS WC HO NC WC WC E.C. OFS E.C. NC PARTICIPATION If you have an interesting human interest story; meat industry related story or family achievements, please inform us. We would like to publish them in the Newsletter. E-mail or fax it to: E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (012) 348-5117