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Government To Increase Pay For Civil Servants
KELVIN CHONGO, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT has awarded members of the Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) and the National Union of Public Service Workers (NUPSW) salary increments of between nine and 29 percent.
Government has also awarded three health sector unions salary increments of nine percent to the least paid employee while the highest has received a 29 percent rise for the year 2016.
Representative of CSAWUZ Davy Chiyobe who signed on behalf of the union said yesterday that Government and the unions have settled for a graded salary increment.
Mr Chiyobe said in the past civil servants were awarded increments across the board and that the union has now gone back to the system of awarding salaries according to individual employment grades.
He said the agreements also involve the introduction of a funeral scheme and adjustments to some distortions in the collective agreement.
Mr Chiyobe said the two unions would have pushed Government further for higher increments but is aware of the current economic challenges the employer is facing.
Health sector unions representative Tom Yungana said the Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation, Health Workers Union of Zambia and Zambia National Union of Health and Allied Workers have also been awarded minimum salary increments of nine percent and maximum of 28 percent.
And Public Service Management Division permanent secretary Velepi Mtonga, who is Government’s representative in the negotiations, said the two months negotiations were not easy but that Government demonstrated the spirit of give and take.
Dr Mtonga commended the unions for being the first to sign the collective agreements, which runs from January 1 to December 2016
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Lake Mweru
October 15, 2015 at 9:42 am
That is good development VIVA PF
kakolwe
October 15, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Fuuuuusek! Which panel did PF sit on during the negotiations? You may as well say ‘VIVA ZCTU’
request muntanga
October 15, 2015 at 9:43 am
nice 1, mor moni in our pockets….so muzanvela manje ma haters aba na ma analysis yabo.they criticis evrythng including bamba ya mrs hh, iyi yeve ni 10-0.sesesesese sela tubombeko, ECL 4life
hakainde hichilema
October 15, 2015 at 9:47 am
ndiye zimene sindifuna zaso izi….sha!!!!ndila ba ambila badaala ku monze bakabweze ngombe zangu tata, ndalila meboooo maweeeeeeeee………
sympathizer
October 15, 2015 at 9:49 am
1nice….
umuvelevele
October 15, 2015 at 10:09 am
Well,it’s gud news but wat gud is a salary increment if there’s a cost of living increment?work on the economy and we’ll celebrate 2gther wit the unemployed!
hutu tsusi
October 15, 2015 at 10:21 am
Why in 2016?
Chengman
October 15, 2015 at 11:05 am
The least paid will become leaster. 9 against 29?
Kwati like so
October 15, 2015 at 11:22 am
@Umuvelevele point !
chongo
October 15, 2015 at 11:54 am
lets hope its not political motivated
heavy dimbwi
October 15, 2015 at 12:35 pm
Its nothing. Has already been swallowed up by the high cost of living They were expecting something like 1 Pin across the board.
one d
October 15, 2015 at 1:36 pm
If you are not a civil servant you cant appreciate the percentage increment based on grading. So let civil servants explain to us how they feel not you guys who are unemployed like me but busy exposing our ignorance on other peoples wages. Cant you see that even NEZ,JJB and Hello Haters are quiet on this one.
sympathizer
October 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm
u r very right, it is not gud 2just yap anyhow like a headles chiken!!!let us shut up ise malova…we r not privy to such increment hence nikunkala chabe, mwanvela ba fikala imwe banene mukonda ku chita dispute vilivonse? bastards!!!
ONE NCHIMZ
October 15, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Too bad, pf is the cozer
Shaka Zulu
October 15, 2015 at 2:43 pm
Can someone explain to me what this increment means where the least paid gets the lowest percentage and the highest paid gets a bigger percentage. In most private companies the opposite happens. People at the bottom are given a higher percentage than those at the top.
Advocate
October 15, 2015 at 2:50 pm
This makes a bit of sense because it is a complete departure from shamenda’s pro poor policy where a sweeper gets more than a learned fellow. That is what we call inconsistencies in policy and management.
lady packer
October 15, 2015 at 2:56 pm
pabwatoooooooooo viva PF
Paul Phiri
October 15, 2015 at 3:16 pm
U Ar Fool. Wat Make U Thnk Zambia Has Only Civil Servants? & Wat Make U Support Such An Increment Coz The Cost Of Living Is Already Up? Wat About Those Miners & Others On The Copper Belt? Shame On Edgar & The Entire PF Government.
ounce
October 15, 2015 at 3:46 pm
I hope these increaments will be sustained,without causing damage to our already struggling economy.
mz
October 15, 2015 at 3:51 pm
long overdue. remember there has been wage freeze for the past two years. there is nothng to be excited about. beside the increament does not tally wth kwacha down fall..
intelligent sia
October 15, 2015 at 6:49 pm
I think u need to research before u show your ignorance on certain matters in public.certain matters must be left to the specialists and not generalists.the increament is economical!
zambian
October 15, 2015 at 7:07 pm
teachers deserves more,less paid teachers shud get more and adminstrators less the gap is too big,same qualifications.we are waiting patiently,,,,
amankolobwe
October 15, 2015 at 8:12 pm
Unions for Teachers ve refused that ka increament them its on going till 27/10/15. health workers and their weakly unions ve accepted
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 15, 2015 at 8:43 pm
Say hello to higher deficit and inflation. Foolish pf
mutumba
October 16, 2015 at 12:03 am
The wage freeze was to be lifted before 31/12/2015 & time/resources were wasted to just announce that. Now is this the lifting of the wage freeze or the end of 2016 campaign strategy negotiations? On 18th someone doesn’t just need to fast/pray but also confess/repent.
Heaven on Earth
October 16, 2015 at 3:35 am
Wats a 9percent increment wen da cost of living over the past two years has doubled? Prices for all essential commodities hav drastically increased. (Bread, cooking oil, mealie meal, sugar, relish) This shud not even b called an increment.
Hello Haters
October 16, 2015 at 5:18 am
Kikikiki, ma Union yamu tima waku church, @they have taken into consideration the current economic challenges the employer is facing, am sure they were talking about their employers hiring of the private plane, and their insatiable appetite for borrowing and expenditure on unnecessary by elections.
manx
October 16, 2015 at 6:46 am
lowest paid gets around k3500, 9% is k315. minus tax, NAPSA, union affiliation ‘n at times personal levy. total increament in reality is k250.
springer
October 16, 2015 at 7:13 am
Its a campaign strategy thor at the wrong time coz things have already worsened.I see now this govmnt has no vision.ba civil servant wat can you say?
J. CHiiiKALI!
October 16, 2015 at 8:05 am
Nga govt to pay benefits to the Children of the deceased who where govt workers, ninshi mushupila , maybe dats how com the idea of increasing retiring age whilest life span is deteriorating day by day!!!
kanchine
October 16, 2015 at 8:55 am
Tamwa katashepo mulifinkula!
kanchine
October 16, 2015 at 9:02 am
Unless nga ni hh wachilota nga namutasha forgeting that hh is a upnd leader, one Edgar is a republican president.