New Age2.png Deciding on final wage offer NUM to deliberate on mine owners' guarantee of R12800 a month at entry level and R13200 in third year of employment Itumeleng Mafisa, The New Age, Johannesburg, 31 July 2015 The National Union Mine Workers (NUM) says it is considering a final wage offer by gold producers. Following weeks of negotiations with unions, mine owners made their final wage offer yesterday. They will ensure the guaranteed pay of entry level employees will reach R12 800 - and R13 200 a month in the third year of the proposed agreement. AngloGold Ashanti and Sibanye (which together employ around 70% of employees), have made the following offers: Category 4 to 8 employees and B-lower officials, an amount of R1000 a month in years , 2 and 3, as well as a R100 a month increase in living-out allowance in year 1. (This payment does not attract the normal company contributions to benefits as the focus of the unions has been on improving disposable income). Miners, artisans and officials, a 6% increase on standard rate of pay in year 1, and 6% or CPI (whichever is the greater) in years 2 and 3. Evander Gold Mines has made the following offers: Category 4 to 8 employees and B-lower officials, an additional payment of R750 a month in years 1, 2 and 3, as well as R100 a month increase in living-out allowance in year 1. This payment [also] does not attract the normal company contributions to benefits as the focus of the unions has been on improving disposable income. Miners, artisans and officials, a 6% increase on standard rate of pay in year 1, and 6% or CPI (whichever is the greater) in years 2 and 3. Harmony has made the following offers: Category 4 to 8 employees and B-lower officials, an additional payment of R500 a month in years 1, 2 and 3, as well as an increase in living-out allowance of R100 a month in year 1. Miners, artisans and officials, a 4.6% increase on standard rate of pay in year 1, and 4.6% or CPI (whichever is the greater) in years 2 and 3. Furthermore, Harmony has offered a gain share of 5% from the first rand of profit on a quarterly basis. (Profit will be defined as revenue in South Africa minus all South African costs, excluding dividends). In addition, the companies have made a number of non-wage concessions in response to union demands, including: An increase in medical incapacity benefits from R40 000 to R55 000 over three years. Extension of the 2011-13 concession of the medical aid contribution rates to 60% for employers and 40% for Category 4-8 employees for three years from the date of the wage agreement. Increase in the current guaranteed minimum severance pay of R20000 to R30 000 over three years. Extension of retirement age for surface workers to 63 years as from July 1, 2015. The companies propose that a task team be established to investigate the extension of the retirement age for underground employees to 63 years of age. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/31072015/epaperpdf/4.pdf -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
