Botswana civil servants to get 4% increase on salaries

The government of Botswana has offered a 4% salary increase to civil servants in the ongoing salary negotiations with public sector trade unions. The negotiations have been ongoing at the Bargaining Council since the second week of February with trade unions proposing a 16 percent increase, while government maintained that they could only afford a 4 percent increase. 

The government will also introduce what they have termed an “overtime recession allowance.'' A D4 scale employee would have his or her salary increased by close to P1000 (made up of 5% overtime recession plus 4% increment). Those in A3 would get close to P200 increase. Therefore the increment would benefit civil servants across board.

The unions and government to settle for a four percent hike, the wage bill will increase by P520 million to about P13.5 billion. But if the unions have their way, the proposed adjustment will drive the wage bill to about P15 billion, a third of the total budget proposal for 2015/16.

Though it has not met the standards of people's expectations, the government should be given some credit on what it has done.

http://www.botswanaguardian.co.bw/news/1326-salaries-to-increase-by-4.html