Labor union files motion against KGHM after salary irregularities discovered

The Copper Industry Workers' Labor Union (ZZPPM) has filed a motion with the public prosecutor to begin a case against Marian Krzeminski, chairman of the board of copper concern KGHM. According to ZZPPM president Ryszard Zbrzyzny, an inspection conducted by the Polish Labor Inspectorate (PIP) discovered serious irregularities in the functioning of the company's board office. Zbrzyzny said that some of the company's employees had been granted salary privileges, resulting in serious financial losses for the company. He went on to add that the KGHM president's decisions led to unjustified expenses that contradicted the Labor Code and Collective Labor Agreement. Zbrzyzny estimates that the losses in total could amount to approximately half a million zloty. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 8) P.J.