巴拿马劳工部扣押 Serviestiba 应收账款 两大港运营商交接涉1,386名员工
巴拿马劳工与劳动发展部（Mitradel）10月13日下令扣押港口服务企业 Serviestiba, S.A. 的应收账款，以保障该公司1,386名员工的工资与既得福利。此前，Serviestiba 于上周五通知巴拿马海事当局，将自本周五起停止在巴尔博亚港与克里斯托瓦尔港提供服务。
劳工部长哈克琳·穆尼奥斯在科隆省克里斯托瓦尔港视察时表示，公司至今未说明将如何保障员工福利的支付，这是劳工部采取扣押措施的原因。她说，这项扣押由劳工部依职权主动执行，并非应工会组织要求；公司已保证本期工资将于周三发放，过渡期间员工薪酬照常支付。穆尼奥斯同时表示，当局正与两家新的港口运营商协商，争取让工人转入新公司继续就业，但正式聘用需先完成相应程序。两座港口的运营目前保持正常。
Serviestiba 的退出与今年2月最高法院的一项裁决有关：法院裁定巴拿马港口公司（Panama Ports Company）的特许经营合同法违宪，两港运营随之转入由当局主导的临时过渡安排。Serviestiba在裁决后曾表示将继续运营，直至上周改变决定。穆尼奥斯称，工人在不确定性中保持了负责任的态度，并表示愿意继续支持港口运营、维护自身劳工权利。
Panama Labor Ministry Seizes Serviestiba Receivables as Port Operator Exits Balboa and Cristóbal
Panama's Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (Mitradel) on October 13 ordered the seizure of accounts receivable of port services company Serviestiba, S.A., to protect the wages and accrued benefits of the company's 1,386 employees. Serviestiba had notified the Panama Maritime Authority last Friday that it will stop providing services at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal as of this Friday.
Labor Minister Jackeline Muñoz, speaking during a visit to the port of Cristóbal in Colón province, said the company has not explained how it will guarantee payment of workers'benefits, which prompted the seizure. She said the measure was executed by the ministry on its own authority, not at the request of union organizations, and that the company has guaranteed the current pay period's wages will be paid on Wednesday, with pay continuing during the transition. Muñoz added that authorities are in talks with the two new port operators so workers can keep their jobs and join the new companies, although formal hiring requires completing the necessary procedures. Operations at both ports continue normally.
Serviestiba's exit is linked to a Supreme Court ruling last February that declared the contract law of Panama Ports Company unconstitutional, after which operations at the two terminals moved into temporary arrangements overseen by the authorities. Serviestiba had said after the ruling that it would keep operating, before reversing course last week. Muñoz said workers have acted responsibly amid the uncertainty and remain willing to support port operations while defending their labor rights.
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