Shari Muschamp was making headlines a week and a half ago, but, ever since she got taken back in to work at Immarbe, her name hasn't been in the news. But that doesn't mean that's the end of story. Her attorney Audrey Matura has been working in the background to get Mushcamp's job secured. Today she updated the media on it.
Audrey Matura-Shepherd, attorney
"Ms. Shari, I have her letter here that she was offered full employment effectively 11th of June. Now, it's not everything we want in the sense that her employment they are offering new employment from the 11th of June onwards. That's when the government took over the IBC Registry. We are not totally satisfied with one or two points, but it's not sufficient for us to say outright no we don't want it. I think there is room for negotiating. We've sent a letter to the director of the registry which is Mr. Gian Ghandi and we hope to get a favorable response, but at least for now we know that she has a job. Come pay day she has a salary to get. Come Christmas she has something to give to her children and we really want to thank all the Belizeans who sympathize with her. That was a really interesting situation, but we are really pleased that the news is a good one."
"When she went on leave, as of the 24th of May she had a new salary which was an increase. Under this new employment letter, it's no longer the $18,000, it's the $17,000. It's about $800 less. We have not have an explanation why that is. Of course that's one of the answers we want, so that is one of the points. We believe that Shari should have her salary that she left with. The fact that the government took over the IBC had nothing to do with her. She got a performance appraisal, she merited her increment, she got her increment. We are not concerned with what the battle is between the IBC and the BISL and all of those. We are just protecting the right of one single mother who has every right to her employment benefits and that's what we are asking for."
Matura told us that there are other minor points that they are still negotiating for Muschamp's return to the company as an employee, but at this point, they are happy with the current position of the management of Immarbe.
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