Chief Labour Officer invites 27 oil and gas contractors to meeting on ‘employment’

Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle has invited 27 oil and  gas contractors to a meeting on Friday to discuss the “basic element of employment relationship”, a statement from the Ministry of Social Protection said yesterday.

The meeting comes amid concerns raised here that subcontractors to ExxonMobil should be ensuring full compliance with local labour standards and that there should be no discrimination against Guyanese in terms of employment.

The statement said that the meeting will take place at 1:30 pm on Friday, June 7, 2019 in the Boardroom of the Ministry of Social Protection, Labour Department at Lot 82 Brickdam, Georgetown.

The statement listed the following companies:

1. Bristow (Helicopter)

2. Cyril’s Taxi Service

3. Baker Hughes

4. Falcon Logistics

5. Franks International

6. Fugro

7. G-Boats

8. Guyana Shore Base Inc.

9. Guyana Deep Water Operations (SBM)

10. Halliburton

11. ISOS (Medical)

12. JFL Shorebase

13. Nabi/KC JV

14. Noble Drilling Services

15. Oceaneering International ltd.

16. Ramps/Blue Water

17. SOL Guyana Inc.

18. Saipem

19. Seacor Marine LLC

20. Schlumberger/MI Swaco

21. Secure Innovation and Concepts

22. Stena Carron

23. Trans Guyana Airways

24. Tanks O Lot

25. TechnipFMC

26. Tiger Tanks

27. Universal Janitorial Services