Transfer Of 72 Tollgate Employees Cost Intertoll Over $1 Million

The company contracted by the Zimbabwe Road Administration Authority (ZINARA) to collect toll fees on its behalf has transferred more than 72 of its employees in the past two months. The move by Intertoll, which operates nine tollgates and the rehabilitated Plumtree-Mutare highway, was done in order to curb illicit activities. An employee who spoke to the Herald about the transfers said said

The process requires employees to stay in hotels during the relocation period… According to the Group Five transfer policy, employees and their spouses are entitled to three nights in a hotel in order to have a look at their new stations, four nights for the purpose of looking for accommodation and seven nights with their whole families on actual relocation. Transport cost for relocation is also met by the employer.

About 72 employees were transferred in the last two months and it cost about $500 000 for hotel bills, another $500 000 in relocation allowances, $350 000 for travel and subsistence allowances and $70 000 to move properties by Stuttafords Removals. The total cost plus two per cent was charged to Zinara.

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