Public sector wage bill
Government asks for more time to consider public wage demands
As Treasury aims to cut R300 billion from the public sector wage bill, determining the sum to offer workers this year is undoubtedly a mammoth task.
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Mogajane: Govt wants to avoid public servant salary cuts at all costs
National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane said that the economy had to grow and freezing public servants' wages was not enough.
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Govt forges ahead with intention to cut public sector wage bill
They include exploring getting rid of some allowances and benefits while reviewing pay progressions.
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EXCLUSIVE: Public sector wages: 10% salary increases could be tabled
Ordinarily, trade unions from the different federations, including independents, consolidate their demands ahead of negotiations, however, this will not be the case this year.
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Govt is well within its rights not to implement 2018 wage deal, court told
Lawyers representing the finance minister are opposing the application by trade unions in the public sector who are requesting the court to force government to implement the agreement that would hike workers’ salaries by up to 5.4%.
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2018 public sector wage agreement went through necessary approvals, court hears
The state and unions are battling it out in the Labour Appeal Court over government’s decision to unilaterally withdraw part of the agreement, which saw public servants not receiving salary increases in April.
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Nehawu: SA’s overstretched healthcare system won’t survive second COVID wave
The union held a briefing where they announced they would be leading the nationwide marches by community healthcare workers on Thursday.
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ANDREW DUVENAGE: Mid-term budget offers little reason for optimism
Government has consistently failed to implement structural reforms which, despite being continually referenced, remain elusive, writes Andrew Duvenage.
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Cosatu: Proposed public sector wage freezes not addressing real crisis
Treasury plans to close the country’s consolidated budget deficit, which now stands at 15.7% of GDP, through various measures but at the top of this is its plan to close the tap on public sector wage increases.
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Mboweni relying on public sector wage bill reduction to shrink budget deficit
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni warned that public finances needed to be rehabilitated as efforts went into helping the economy to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
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Public sector unions launch campaign to challenge govt over wage disputes
The unions representing more than 1.2 million public servants have been in a drawn-out deadlock over government’s failure to stick to a 2018 agreement to increase workers’ salaries this year.
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Govt taken to court for failing to honour public sector wage agreement
Public service workers woke up to their regular salary payments on 15 April in direct contravention of a 2018 agreement to increase wages.
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Govt breaks deal as public sector workers get no wage increases
The non-implementation of the salary increases sent shockwaves throughout the public service with workers’ hopes that government would change its approach dashed.
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Public sector unions to take govt to court over 0% wage increases
Government said this was part of plans to slash the public sector wage bill by R160 billion in the next three years.
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PSCBC: Row over public sector wage bill could end up in ConCourt
This comes after the government proposed a review of the wage increases which were due next month.
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PSCBC: No regulation that allows govt to renege on wage agreement
Confronted with an unprecedented situation, the PSCBC said that based on the provisions contained in the Labour Relations Act, the council did not have a process in place allowing parties to withdraw from the agreement.
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Cosatu: Govt can find other ways than cutting wage bill to save money
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tabled a budget that aimed to cut the state wage bill by R160 billion over the next three years.
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Cosatu says it won’t be raising issue of wage bill at ANC meeting
The federation has reacted with anger to government’s attempts to unilaterally withdraw from a 2018 wage agreement and slash the public wage bill by R160 billion over the next three years.
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Rand weakens as Moody's highlights concerns over Budget
The local currency had initially strengthened after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni unveiled the plan to cut the public sector wage bill by R160 billion.
