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Engineering News reports that a three-year wage agreement has been signed by parties to the Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI).
It will see workers getting a wage increase of 4.8% during the first year to the end of August 2022 and 0.75% above consumer price inflation for the following two years to the end of August 2024. Employer organisations the Consolidated Employers Organisation and the SA Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors and trade unions the Building, Construction and Allied Worked Union and National Union of Mineworkers signed the agreement. The three-year agreement will become effective from the date of promulgation by the Minister of Employment and Labour. BCCEI’s Kevin Moodley commented that the signing of the agreement was a significant milestone for the civil engineering sector and had again demonstrated the value of industry stakeholders working closely for the good of the sector. Other employment changes agreed to include an acting allowance, which will see an allowance paid to employees while acting in a position higher than their current job grade, and alignment of conditions with amendments to the Labour Relations Act, for example employees will be entitled to ten days parental leave subject to benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund. Increases have also been effected to various allowances, including the sleep-out allowance, the living-out allowance, the night shift allowance and the cross-border allowance.
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