BOPEU expects small budget surplus
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
The Union calls on government to explore, along with unions three-year wage agreements, rather than annual wage bargaining to guide salary adjustments.
“The method that we recommend is where salaries by agreement would be automatically adjusted by the immediate past year’s annual inflation rate plus productivity gains, if any, and a factor to capture market competitiveness of specific cadres. The rationale is that it would bring stability and predictability to the bargaining process, giving room for parties to start bargaining on non-wage issues and sectoral bargaining chambers,” says BOPEU.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...