Abaphathi bezindiza eBrithani basole uhulumeni ngokusebenzisa imboni yabo njengengxenye yepolitiki enkulumweni kamazisi kazwelonke ngokuphoqa abasebenzi bezindiza ukuthi bajoyine lolu hlelo ngonyaka ozayo.
Encwadini eshubile ayibhalele unobhala wezasekhaya, uJacqui Smith, izikhulu eziphezulu zeBritish Airways, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic kanye neBMI uthe ukuphoqa abasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza ukuthi babe nekhadi likamazisi kusukela ngoNovemba wonyaka ozayo “akunasidingo” futhi “akunabulungiswa”.
Bonke abasebenzi basezikhumulweni zezindiza, abasebenza ezindaweni zokusuka nasemigwaqweni yezindiza, kufanele babhalise kulolu hlelo kusukela ngonyaka ozayo ngaphansi kwezinhlelo zikahulumeni, kodwa imboni yezindiza ithi ngeke ilethe izinzuzo zokuphepha.
“Okokuqala, azikho izinzuzo ezengeziwe zokuphepha ezihlonziwe. Ngempela, kunobungozi bangempela bokuthi ukubhaliswa ohlelweni lukamazisi kazwelonke kuzobonakala kunikeza umuzwa wokuphepha owengeziwe, kodwa ekugcineni okungamanga, ezinqubweni zethu,” kusho incwadi yeBritish Air Transport Association (Bata), esayinwe ngabaphathi bezindiza okuhlanganisa. U-Willie Walsh weBritish Airways no-Andy Harrison we-easyJet.
Iphinde yasola uhulumeni ngokukhipha inyumbazane le mboni ngezizathu ezihambisana nepolitiki, iphikisana nezithembiso zaphambilini zokuthi lolu hlelo luzoba ngokuzithandela.
"Lokhu kusekela umbono wethu wokuthi imboni yezokundiza yase-UK isetshenziselwa izinhloso zezepolitiki kuphrojekthi enokwesekwa okungabazekayo komphakathi," kusho uBata.
Igagasi lokuqala lohlelo lwamakhadi kamazisi lizobona amakhadi eba yimpoqo kubantu bangaphandle abangebona abe-EU abahlala eBrithani kulo nyaka, nakubasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza abangu-200,000 kanye nezisebenzi zezokuphepha zama-Olympic kusukela ngonyaka ozayo.
IPhalamende kuzomele linqume ukuthi lolu hlelo luka-£4.4bn kumele lwenziwe lube yimpoqo ezakhamuzini zaseBrithani.
Imboni yezokundiza ibilokhu ifuna ukwesekwa okukhulu kombuso mayelana nokwenyuka kwezindleko zokuphepha ezikhumulweni zezindiza kusukela kwesabeka ibhomu eliwuketshezi ngo-Agasti 2006, lapho izinyathelo zokuhlola abagibeli nemithwalo ezibizayo zaqaliswa nguhulumeni ngobusuku obubodwa.
UBata uthe usebenzisane kakhulu noMnyango Wezasekhaya kanye ne-Immigration Service ekuqiniseni izinqubo, okuhlanganisa nokuhlolwa kwamapasi amade, kodwa wathi amakhadi omazisi ayisinyathelo esikude kakhulu futhi akumele enziwe impoqo.
“Okusemqoka okumele uhulumeni akubhekisise kufanele kube wukwenza ngcono ukusebenza kahle kwezinhlelo zemingcele, okuzoholela ekusebenzeni okuthembekile namazinga angcono okusebenzela umphakathi ohambayo,” kusho uBata.
"Sizoninxusa ukuthi nihlehlise isinqumo sokuphoqa abasebenzi basemoyeni esikhumulweni sezindiza ukuthi babhalise ohlelweni lwamakhadi omazisi kazwelonke."
Umkhulumeli weHhovisi Lasekhaya uthe: "Amakhadi omazisi be-Biometric abasebenzi basemoyeni avala umazisi kumuntu onikeza isiqiniseko esikhulu kakhulu sokuthi ungubani kunalokhu okukhona njengamanje emkhakheni wezindiza."
Umkhulumeli wengeze ngokuthi kuletha izinzuzo kubaqashi nabasebenzi kanye nokuqinisekisa emphakathini ngokuhlonza abasebenzi emisebenzini ebucayi ezokuphepha, okuhlanganisa nezikhala zezindiza.
Izikhulu zoMnyango wezokuThutha nyakenye zazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi abasebenzi basemoyeni bangase bathathe izingxenye zebhomu baziyise ezikhumulweni zezindiza bazigcine ezindaweni zokuphumula ukuze amaphekula azithathe futhi azihlanganisele ezindizeni.
UMnyango Wezasekhaya wengeze ngokuthi uhlelo lwabasebenzi basesikhumulweni sezindiza belungakaphothulwa futhi izingxoxo zisaqhubeka. Umkhulumeli uthe: “Uhlelo lukamazisi oluchazwe ngokugcwele lwabasebenzi basemoyeni lusathuthukiswa futhi sisaqhubeka nokusebenzisana nokulalela imboni yezindiza zase-UK, nabanye abaqashi basesikhumulweni sezindiza.”
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