LETTER: Were wage-bill promises legally informed?
The unions may have the upper-hand by using the government’s own laws to challenge the minister’s statement
26 February 2021 - 16:48
I assume our finance minister took proper and cogent legal labour advice before making the announcement on the proposition to moderate wage hikes below inflation in the coming financial years (“Mboweni sticks to hard line on public service salaries (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2021-02-24-mboweni-sticks-to-hard-line-on-public-service-salaries/)”, February 24).
It is certainly correct that the country cannot afford any increase whatsoever, let alone a moderate one, but this is a situation in which increases are governed by collective bargaining and, indeed, by our Labour Relations Act...
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