Zimbabwean civil servants December salaries delayedBy FARAI MUTSAKA
“With immediate effect, all civil servants’ salaries will be adjusted upwards by 50%. This increase also applies to all government pensions. In addition, all civil servants will be paid a flat, non-taxable COVID-19 allowance of US$75 per month.” The Zimdollar is pegged at 25 to the ...
He said the latest salary increase does not change the ratio of government wage bill to the national budget, as salaries continue to take up 90 percent of the budget. He, however, said the government will continue to guard against having more funds going towards civil servants salaries so tha...
"We are the only people carrying the burden of austerity as all prices of goods and services are now benchmarked to interbank rate. Our RTGS salaries are first taxed by the employer, then the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and more steeply by mobile money agencies. We cannot bear the burden of ...
The workers have, however, demanded that Government also increase the salaries in local currency. Civil servants are paid both in local currency and foreign currency to cushion them from the volatile economic environment. The new salary regime was tabled yesterday during a National Joint Negotiating...
The disgruntled civil servants have been demanding a salary hike to match the rate of inflation and cushion them against the harsh economic environment, with teachers demanding at least US$520, but government has shot down demands for United States dollar-based salaries. ...
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"The NJNC is the only route that civil servants can channel their grievances and be heard and that is through the Apex Council. I can neither confirm nor deny that some members of the Apex Council might be partisan, but it is a case of personalities rather than the institution itself," ...
"It is now clear that the salary increment is null and void. We had agreed that we were going to sit down in June and assess the performance of the economy against civil servants' salaries. Inflation has eroded our salaries. We need a holistic approach so that we can find a solution."...
Taruvinga said civil servants are also at the mercy of a dysfunctional social dialogue that has seriously weakened collective bargaining which has exposed the sector to very low salaries, inadequate sundries and poor working conditions. She said the decent work country programme has remained under sie...