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He says he informed his managers, and they told him to get his discharge report from the hospital and bring it to them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cI gave them the hospital papers, but I never received any compensation for my injury,\u201d he said. \u201cThey told me they would call the hospital to confirm I was injured, but they undermined me. They did not come back to me. They told me they could not help me and started treating me in a different way. Then they told me when I was leaving the job I could get all my money. Well, I worked three years and did not get my money!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Jonase alleged he was told by Human Resource Manager Henda de Kock from Modderdrift he must resign to get all his money and did so, but has never received a cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\"><em>Standard<\/em> sent an inquiry to Modderdrift Boerdery regarding Jonase\u2019s claims. According to the farm, his alleged injury was sustained before De Kock or the current management was employed by Modderdrift Farm, so [Henda] De Kock or the current management cannot substantiate his claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">A spokesperson for the farm says Jonase did give a Worcester hospital discharge form (no medical report) to De Kock about a year ago. She gave it back to him in front of his manager and co-manager, and told him to take the  discharge form to Worcester Hospital, because telephone inquiries were not possible if one was not the patient yourself. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Moddersdrift said that to investigate Jonase\u2019s claim he was fired on 13 December 2021 for no reason the farm need the dismissal form to substantiate the claim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\u201cLeave payments are made when the correct procedures and notifications have been followed by resignation,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cUntil evidence of matters mentioned to you by Mr Jonase is not provided to us we consider these issues to be unfounded and untrue.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farmworker from De Doorns is upset because he feels his former employer owes him outstanding money after he was fired 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