BOFEPUSU appeals 4% increment case

Rari
Rari

The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) is appealing an urgent application that was recently dismissed by Lobatse High Court Judge Michael Leburu.

The federation’s secretary general, Tobokani Rari, said the appeal is against the May judgement that the four percent salary increase by the government would not stop BOFEPUSU from bargaining for a higher increase or seek redress through a normal court process, rather than on urgency.

The BOFEPUSU had applied for a High Court order to restrain President Ian Khama and the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) boss Carter Morupisi from making pronouncements on public service salary negotiations and also reverse government’s decision to increase public servants salaries by four percent.

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