Civil servants' demands to govt
Pretoria - Civil servants who are declared medically unfit because of HIV/Aids are demanding that their pension benefit be calculated as if they retired at 65 years of age.
They are also demanding that their pension benefit be calculated at a retirement age of 65, even if they die at an earlier age.
They also want to be entitled to retire at 55 without losing any pension benefits.
These demands are included in the civil service trade unions' joint salary demands submitted to the government at the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) on Wednesday.
The joint demand comes after negotiations could not start this week because there were "contradictions" about the eight unions' various demands.
Kenny Govender, chief negotiator for the government, said the demands regarding pension benefits would have to be submitted to the board of trustees of the government employees' pension fund before the government could respond.
The negotiations were postponed till next week.
The unions are demanding a three-year salary agreement with a salary increase for this year that is equal to the consumer price index without inclusion of the mortgage rate (CPIX) plus 8%.
For the next year they are demanding CPIX plus 9% and for 2006 CPIX plus 10%. The increase must be paid out on April 1 and not on July 1.
The unions are also demanding that the government increases its contribution to medical aids to meet medical inflation. This means an increase of at least R1 200 per member per month.
The government's contribution should also be paid over to public servants who do not belong to a medical aid scheme.
Pretoria - Civil servants who are declared medically unfit because of HIV/Aids are demanding that their pension benefit be calculated as if they retired at 65 years of age.
They are also demanding that their pension benefit be calculated at a retirement age of 65, even if they die at an earlier age.
They also want to be entitled to retire at 55 without losing any pension benefits.
These demands are included in the civil service trade unions' joint salary demands submitted to the government at the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) on Wednesday.
The joint demand comes after negotiations could not start this week because there were "contradictions" about the eight unions' various demands.
Kenny Govender, chief negotiator for the government, said the demands regarding pension benefits would have to be submitted to the board of trustees of the government employees' pension fund before the government could respond.
The negotiations were postponed till next week.
The unions are demanding a three-year salary agreement with a salary increase for this year that is equal to the consumer price index without inclusion of the mortgage rate (CPIX) plus 8%.
For the next year they are demanding CPIX plus 9% and for 2006 CPIX plus 10%. The increase must be paid out on April 1 and not on July 1.
The unions are also demanding that the government increases its contribution to medical aids to meet medical inflation. This means an increase of at least R1 200 per member per month.
The government's contribution should also be paid over to public servants who do not belong to a medical aid scheme.
posted by Dr Philippe Maslo at 12:57
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