CALL ON PUBLIC SERVANTS TO CLAIM PENSION COMPENSATION Tuesday, 1 November Press Release (Immediate Release) Johannesburg –The Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) calls on all public service employees directly affected by discriminatory pension practices under apartheid, to come forward to seek redress. The deadline for submission of applications is 31 March 2012 and is open to all Public Servants who were in service on 2 September 1998. The Pension Redress Campaign forms part of the second and final process of the PSCBC programme launched on 24 May 2010 by the former Minister for Public Service and Administration, the Honourable Richard Baloyi. It was adopted by way of two resolutions on pension restructuring, namely PSCBC Resolution 7 of 1998 and Resolution 12 of 2002 respectively, which provides for recognition of service as pensionable that had been deemed non-pensionable under apartheid. The recognition of service as pensionable will take the form of compensation for those who are no longer in service, and the recalculation of pension entitlements for those still in service. Discriminatory Pension Practices identified under the programme affect those employees targeted on the basis of race, gender or employment status, those adversely impacted by physical conditions as well as former municipal policemen incorporated into the South African Police service during 1989, and still belong to Municipal Pension Funds. The redress will also recognize breaks in pensionable service for employees who were dismissed for participating in strikes in the former Transvaal and Natal provincial administrations between 1987 and 1993 and subsequently re-employed. “In order to implement the redress, the PSCBC, in consultation with various public sector unions has established task teams in all provinces and national departments. They will be responsible for the marketing of the redress opportunity, assisting with the completion of application forms and for communicating the results of the process to applicants. We urge all those who qualify to come forward and stake their claim to these funds”, says Chairman for the National Pensions Redress Task Team, Weizmann Hamilton. In terms of the agreement between government in its capacity as employer and the trade unions admitted to the PSCBC, a special fund was established to finance the redress to be administered by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). “The period to apply for redress is valid until the closing date, 31 March 2012. Therefore we urgently require beneficiaries to come forward before the deadline period”, says Hamilton. ________________________________________________________________________________ ENDS Issued by Britespark Communications On Behalf of: Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Britespark contact person: Kudzai Makwe or Pamela Mojapelo Telephone number: (011) 315 0092 Mobile number: 0730414711 or 0735214665 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
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