The Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia has called on Government to ensure that salary negotiations for Public Service workers were finished before the national budget is presented to Parliament so that necessary adjustments to the document could be made to ensure that employees were awarded better conditions of service.
The union has also vowed that it would not accepted salary increments based on percentages because the method was unfair as it only benefited a few officers in the top most salary scales who also got several other incentives such as better housing allowances and fuel allowances among others.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Kitwe over the weekend, Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia president Davy Chiyobe said the union was already in touch with Government and had presented their demands.
Mr Chiyobe said the Union was looking forward to a situation where the lowest paid Public Service Workers took home at least K3.5 million. He observed that the Public Service employees have been subjected to poor conditions of service for a long time and that during negotiations, they always got raw deals.
Mr Chiyobe said the Union would this time be firm and ensure that they negotiated for better conditions of service for the workers. He further called on Government to instantly begin negotiation meetings and ensure that they completed before the national budget was presented to Parliament so that necessary adjustments could be made.
Mr Chiyobe urged Government to take seriously the need to improve conditions of service for Public Service workers because its policy on the fight against corruption could only be implemented by well cared for employees.
Meanwhile, Mr Chiyobe said Public Service workers have rejected the proposed extension on retirement age. Mr Chiyobe said if Government wanted to extend the retirement age from 55 to 65 years, it should maintain the 55 retirement age and make 65 optional while making Civil Servants eligible to get their pension after serving for 20 years.
And the Zambia Consumers Association (ZACA) President Muyunda Ililonga said Government being the largest employer should lead by example to private employers in the way it remunerated its workers.
Mr Ililonga also observed that it was only a motivated work force that would effectively implement the new Government’s policies especially those on corruption and improved service delivery.
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Lowest paid public service worker gets 3.5m…PAYE should come down?mining companies are in trouble.
The best way to go round is to reduce the PAYE. In governement, most people get their Gross around 5-6M. beofre tax. After after tax and payments of loans the take of home is about 1.2M. So to tavoid printing more money, and increase inflation, they can just Lower the tax. Broaden the TAX band and in a way
It will translate to more money in the pocket.
You right number 2.GRZ should broaden the tax band ,reduce PAYE so that they also give us a relief the few over taxed workers.
Tim u ar talkin brilliant. Actually thats the only way to hav mor money in our pockets.
minimum 5m
dont kubeba
Union leaders under the MMD regime were greatly compromised. As a result, they only negotiated on salary increment and improvement of conditions of service after Govt presented the budget to parliament and had to accept whatever govt proposed as an increment. Assuming that this is not MMD re-loaded but PF, distinct from MMD, i hope it won’t be business as usual, or even worse. PAYE is too high. I agree with the union guys that 65 years retirement age is insane fro a country like Zambia.
Did Zambia go to sleep why ,every one seems to be waking up just what went wrong in Zambia surely some one must explain,
This is a vexing issue to which the PF government will not have immediate solutions. Already work stopages are all over and some of us are waiting for more money in the pocket. If nothing happens ” ni don’t kubeba.”
No. Sata, since you are ‘not corrupt’ dont increase salaries for next year, Use it to build schools, roads and hospitals.No one will die. This the only way a common man who does not work for GVT will benefit. The national budget is more of personal emoluments than money for development thats why we are in one place, Even europe sacfriced at one time before getting where they are now. VIVA WAGE FREEZE!! VIVA!!!!!!!
yaba….
How can llilonga go back to ZACA as President when he run for political office and lost miserably he is a UPND Party Cardre and he no longer qualifies to impartially represent the consumers.
@Kingley, ZACA is an Association.Do you understand what an Asssociation is.Jst like you understand NGOs thats how ZACA is operating its business.So stop attacking people for nothing.
More money in the pocket thanx everyone for voting for pf atleast 8million for lowest