Dear ISA members
Annual substantive wage negotiations
Negotiations continued late into the night on 12th May 2016. Due to a number of demands the Employer continues to refuse to consider, Labour declared a dispute. The dispute will be heard in CCMA on 19 May 2016.
In dispute are:
- Annual salary increase: Labour 8%; Employer 7%
- Increase the scope in the bargaining unit to include (at least) D1; Employer rejects
- Salary scale adjustment to be increased annually in line with salary increase; Employer rejects
- Introduction of a 13th cheque; Employer rejects
- Medical aid maximum cap to be increased in line by 8% from the current R2285; Employer 7% increase
- Working week, revert to 40 hours over one week; Employer rejects
- Rural allowance: To increase by percentage increase; Employer rejects
- Danger allowance of R500 for job categories potentially exposed to infectious organisms; Employer rejects
- Health and Safety representatives allowance of R1000; Employer rejects.
- Shift allowance: R45.00 or 40% of hourly rate whichever is greater; Employer rejects
- Core skills allowance to be expanded to all relevant categories of professional staff and increased by 8%; Employer rejects
- Long service awards: to start from 5 years service with current monetary awards increased; Employer rejected but agreed to increase 30, 35 and 40 year awards by R500 each
Demands agreed upon in principle include
- Increasing the number of medical aid schemes, to be evaluated and recommendations made by the proposed revived health committee
- Labour inclusion into interview panels
- Insourcing of outsourced services, i.e. gardening. security and cleaning, to be considered, taking into account current contractual obligations and affordability
- Performance pay progression to be considered
- Shop steward leave to be increased from 5 to 7 days
- Policy review: updating of HR policies to be done through the BLRF