TANZANIA Posts Corporation (TPC) has designed an incentives
scheme focusing at motivating its workers as part of the corporation efforts to
increase efficiency in the implementation of a five year strategic business
plan.
This will require optional utilization of human resources
to enable the corporation pursue a rigorous objective settling and performance
monitoring system for the entire workforce.
According to press statement issued recent in Dar es
Salaam, TPC said the incentive scheme was in line with the current competition
in the communication markets that requires strategic thinking, flexibility,
innovation and increased use of technology based services in the globalised world.
Under the plan, performance review for each staff is done
on annual basis with the view to indentify and reward best workers at national,
regional and departmental levels.
This year’s best workers for the corporation are Leonard
Yegela and Genoveva Assenga who have been awarded with different prizes
including cash during the International Workers Day celebrations held at the national level in
Mbeya City yesterday, President Jakaya Kikwete graced the occasion.
The Corporation was also last December announced and
awarded as the best employer of the year in the category of disability
inclusiveness practices.
The award sponsored by the Associations of Tanzania
Employers (ATE) and officially named as Employer of the Year Award is in
recognition that the corporation has been offering equal opportunities to all
employees with regard to only competence of the person to deliver accordingly.
The award presentation event was also graced by President
Jakaya Kikwete, whereby Tanzania Posts Corporation got two recognitions, for
excellent participation and for best disability inclusiveness practice during
employment.
TPC Assistant Manager
for Human Resources Emmanuel Lugomela said apart from special group being
employed, gender balance and professional mix are also considered – leading to
the corporation offering better employment opportunities in the country.
The corporation is currently employing 1115 workers
national wide in various positions and also more than 3,000 others are
indirectly employed as sales agents.
Women make a good portion of the employees, as of the
total permanent employed staffs, 634 are women and 521 are men. “Women dominance is because they have
qualifications for the jobs they occupy” said Lugomela “We remain firmly committed to the belief that the key to
our future success lies in our staff and in this context we will continue to
invest in human resource towards the business excellence model “said Lugomela.
The TPC is optimistic that it will achieve its productive
human resources through rigorous recruitment, induction and training in order
to enable workers to cope up with the technological demand.
With regard to labour relations, Lugomela said all
employers participate in decision making at difference level like workers
council at regional levels and at master workers’ council at the national
levels there are representatives
Besides, workers are encouraged to join in trade unions
of their choice, which are three; Telecommunications Workers Union of Tanzania (TEWUTA), Communications and
Transport Workers Union for Tanzania Mainland (COTWU/T) and for Zanzibar it is
COTWU(ZNZ)
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