The Citizen reports that arising from the facilitation process relating to the ongoing public service wage negotiations, the government has given a revised offer to the trade unions for consideration by their members.

According to a statement issued by the Public Service Co-Ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC), the revised offer focuses on bettering the non-pensionable cash allowance of R978 that was previously offered and replacing it with a R1,000 minimum cash equivalent for all employees across all employment levels. The latest offer excludes the assurance that employees will also receive at least a 1.5% salary increase on the baseline. “This adjusted offer equates to level 1 employees receiving an amount equal to a cost of living adjustment of Consumer Price Index (CPI) + 7.5%, or a straight 11% increase if equated to the current salary levels. Level 6 employees, for instance, will receive an amount equal to a cost of living adjustment of CPI + 2.1% while level 10 employees will receive an amount equal to CPI (4.2%),” the PSCBC advised. A draft agreement has been placed on the table with a proposed implementation date of 1 April 2021. “The draft agreement allows for a ‘safety clause’ that will bind the employer to continue to pay the cash allowance until such time it is amended by agreement between the parties,” the PSCBC indicated. Therefore, if no wage negotiations agreement is reached by 31 March 2022 on the 2022/2023 salary adjustment, the cash allowance will continue to be paid to all employees. The bargaining council noted that there would be employees that did not qualify for the adjustment.

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