The government has said it is finalising arrangements to implement a salary increase for civil servants starting next month and will meet with negotiators to discuss the finer details before the end of this week.
Speaking to the Chronicle on the sidelines of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) Engineers’ Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health in Bulawayo on Wednesday, 25 March, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Edgar Moyo, assured civil servants that the employer was taking their welfare concerns seriously. Said Moyo:
“We all expect that something should have happened; there were delayed processes here and there, but I want to assure the nation that we are actively working on that.
“Within a day or two, there is going to be a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting where these matters are going to be discussed, and hopefully they are going to be concluded.
“The Government is active on the matter, and an agreement will be made once the workers have put in their demand and the Government has made their offer.
“Naturally, workers will demand as much as they want and employers will pay as much as they can afford.
“The negotiation process is bringing the two parties together to work out something out of the demand and the offer.”
Moyo said civil servants can expect a salary increase in April, but did not disclose the amount the government has proposed, saying details will only emerge once negotiations are concluded.
Meanwhile, civil servants have gone for two years without a salary increment, and their current pay still remains below the levels they earned before October 2018.
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