Home Affairs served with strike notice by unions seeking overtime pay
The unions want payment for officials who work on Saturdays instead of the days off proposed to offset a staff shortage
Home Affairs says it will incur a serious budget shortfall if it accedes to workers’ unions’ demands on overtime pay. The Federation of Unions of SA and the Public Servants’ Association have served the department with a notice to strike from June 19. Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni‚ ‚ on Thursday told reporters in Pretoria the unions want payment for officials who work on Saturdays‚ instead of days off. "The proposal we tabled at conciliation‚ that officials be granted a day off on Wednesdays for every Saturday worked‚ was intended to cure this challenge of limited personnel‚" said Apleni. But unions rejected this‚ hence a stalemate was reached in negotiations at the bargaining council. "We are not in a financial position to consider and accede to the demand for overtime pay‚" Apleni said. "Thus‚ we presented the alternative settlement proposal‚ for officials to receive a day off on Wednesdays‚ so that they do not work for six days a week‚ and remain within 40 hours." A...
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