State workers are set to vote on a government offer of a 5. 5% salary increase, as unions negotiate additional benefits and allowances amid ongoing salary disputes.
Public servants march to the National Treasury to handover a memorandum of demands. State workers are voting on whether or not to accept the government’s 5.5% salary increase offer. File Picture: Oupa Mokoena / Independent NewspapersGOVERNMENT employees are set to decide on whether they accept their employer’s offer of a 5.5% salary increase.
Additional adjustments will be increased in line with the consumer price index , which according to Statistics South Africa increased to 3% last month.This means that if the CPI is below 4%, public servants will receive a 4% increase and should it be above 6%, the increase will be 6%.Other increases include the special danger allowance from R931.82 to R950.
The PSA told its members this week that the government and unions agreed to resolve other demands through separate processes and a collective agreement.
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