…Responds to non-payment of salaries
Moonlight Funeral Assurance has expressed its commitment to workers’ welfare through payment of salaries despite allegations raised via social media that the company has not been forthcoming in paying salaries.
In a statement through Zimbabwe Funeral Services and Assurance Workers Union, the company said that a payment plan was negotiated directly between the employer (Moonlight Provident & Associates) and the Committee.
The company also said the plan has been honoured by the employer according to the agreed schedule.
Most employees were informed and raised no objection.
“We refer to our earlier complaint dated 5 June 2026 regarding alleged non-payment of salaries at Moonlight Provident & Associates.
“Further to subsequent developments and direct engagement with the Workers’ Committee (our legitimate member representatives within the company), we write to provide an updated and corrected position.
“The Workers’ Committee has since confirmed to us, in writing and through minutes of meetings, that:
“A payment plan was negotiated directly between the employer (Moonlight Provident & Associates) and the Committee.
“The plan has been honoured by the employer according to the agreed schedule.
“The Committee was consulted at every stage and gave its informed consent to the arrangement through its committee.
“Most employees were informed and raised no objection,” said the statement.
Accordingly, ZIMFAWU fully supports the Workers’ Committee’s position and withdraws any earlier implication that the employer acted in persistent bad faith.
“The social media post that circulated publicly was not authorised, drafted, or endorsed by ZFAWU.
“Furthermore, the Workers’ Committee has explicitly stated that they were not consulted prior to that post.
“The post appears to have been the unilateral act of an errant individual, whom may no longer be in the company’s employment.
“ZFAWU does not support the use of social media to bypass internal collective bargaining structures, especially when those very structures (the Workers’ Committee) had already reached a resolution.
“The employer has honoured the payment plan.
“No active employee represented by the Committee remains unpaid beyond the agreed schedule.”
The company also said, the internal dispute resolution mechanism functioned properly.
“We therefore do not seek any penalty, sanction, or compulsory order against Moonlight Provident & Associates.
“We consider the matter resolved through good-faith negotiation.
“ZIMFAWU remains committed to orderly collective bargaining.
“We will encourage all members to raise grievances through the Workers’ Committee and the NEC framework and further discourage unauthorised public statements that misrepresent the collective position.
“We shall work with the employer to ensure future salary compliance without resorting to external complaints unless internal channels are genuinely exhausted.
“We respectfully are in the process of withdrawing adverse allegations with the NEC and to close the file as resolved by mutual agreement.
“We therefore are not taking further action against the employer.
“We apologise for any confusion caused by the initial complaint, which was filed based on incomplete information at the time.”
