BusinessLive reports that the strike at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) ended on Tuesday with both of the unions at the tax agency having settled on an offer that increases their wages and other benefits.  

Employees, represented by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association (PSA), embarked on a strike last week after wage negotiations reached a deadlock.  Nehawu signed an agreement with SARS on Tuesday and all employees were due to be back at work on Wednesday.  The PSA signed the multi-term settlement agreement on Monday which, among other benefits, gives workers an 8% pay increase in 2019/2020 and increases equivalent to consumer inflation plus 2% in the second and third years of the agreement.  SARS executive for remuneration and benefits, Takalani Musekwa, said they were able to give the increases as they had frozen posts that had opened up in 2018.  He acknowledged the agreement would affect capacity at SARS, given the frozen posts, but said that the agency hoped to open up more of the positions over the next three years.

• Read the full original of Claudi Mailovich’s report on the above at BusinessLive
• Read too, It's business as usual at SARS as employees return to work, at Fin24
• Read Nehawu’s press statement on the ending of the strike at Politicsweb

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