Civil servants have to be realistic says Govt
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima has said civil servants have to be realistic in regards to their salary demands.
Mavima also went on to commend the Apex Council and the various unions that make the Apex Council for their willingness to engage the Government and for the positivity that they have shown.
This comes as some civil servants in the health services have embarked on industrial action for a minimum salary of US$500 that translates to $31 850.
Government has said Zimbabwe will not redollarise. This week Government paid salary increases of 50 percent to all the civil servants and is finalising modalities for paying the temporary US$75 Covid-19 allowances that it promised all the workers.
In an interview with The Chronicle, Mavima said the National Joint Negotiating Council in the civil service will be sitting to review the salaries.
Mavima said:
Earlier this year, we came to the table, we discussed and agreed on a minimum wage for the civil service. It was implemented with a view to say after three or four months we need to come back and discuss these issues. Our workers need to be realistic with the demands they bring to the table. Our workers have to think in terms of what is available and what we can make available in the future is to a very large extent dependent on what we do now.
Minister Mavima also confirmed the US$75 Covid-19 relief allowance for civil servants has not been paid and is still being processed.
Mavima’s comments come at a time when civil servants’ unions are calling for a protest on 31 July.
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