Managers have a few more rights when it comes to bargaining, but if they do not deal with workers who may not be meeting their numbers or who may not be constantly at work, they will be fired or sent to a store where they will not make as much money.

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Amplats said they are holding off on more dismissals but they maintain that the 12, 000 employees that were fired Oct. 5 will not be brought back.

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"We're not going back to 'fire at will', where somebody can be fired just because you don't like them, " he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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