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Gugu Smamane at the Davenport KFC shop she resigned from after being disciplined for bringing non-halaal food on to the premises.<\/p>\n
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Workers at Kentucky Fried Chicken halaal branches in KwaZulu-Natal will finally be allowed to bring their own meals to work and will be provided with microwaves and fridge facilities. <\/p>\n
This is a victory for the employees of Colefax Trading (Pty) Ltd after some workers were disciplined for bringing non-halaal food into halaal-certified KFC restaurants. <\/p>\n
Colefax has 39 KFC food outlets around the province. <\/p>\n
It had an agreement with its business partner, Yum Restaurants, that staff should not be allowed to bring their own meals to work. <\/p>\n
The two companies voiced concern that halaal food sales could become contaminated. <\/p>\n
However, Colefax has written to workers from the United Chemical Industries Mining Electrical State Health and Aligned Workers Union proposing a solution. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe company will provide a microwave oven in a designated area to warm staff meals brought in. Staff will now be allowed to store their meals in a sealable container in the walk-in cooler,\u201d Colefax said in a letter to the union. <\/p>\n
The letter also said the company would provide designated facilities \u201cto clean food containers and utensils brought in (by workers)\u201d. <\/p>\n
Colefax operations manager Prem Ramlall said the agreement would apply to all KFC food outlets in his company. <\/p>\n
\u201cRight now we are implementing what we have agreed upon. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are getting quotations from companies that supply equipment,\u201d said Ramlall. <\/p>\n
The changes come after several KFC employees submitted complaints to the union that they were being unfairly prevented from taking their own meals to work. <\/p>\n
One of them, Jabulani Cele, was fired from a KFC branch in Empangeni after being found guilty of contravening the company policy. <\/p>\n
The policy was condemned by the SA National Halaal Authority, which called for Colefax and Yum Restaurants to be tolerant of employees\u2019 cultures. <\/p>\n
Cele was reinstated and received backpay after taking his case to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. <\/p>\n
He said that he had been forced to have his meals in a storeroom where cleaning chemicals were stored. <\/p>\n
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