SADTU3 SADTU Update, February 2016 Speaker's Notes and Booklet for the 2016 Education Workers' Forums Full Contents (present section in bold): Introduction Pseudo Movements Defending Collective Bargaining The Privatisation of Education Migration of TVET Lecturers in terms of the Public Service Act Government Employees' Medical Scheme (GEMS) Government Employee Housing Scheme (GEHS) 2016 Retirement and Tax Reforms Record of NEC Decisions on MTT recommendations Conclusion Government Employee Housing Scheme (GEHS) During the 2015/16 Public Service Wage negotiations, amongst others, the PSCBC concluded Resolution 7 of 2015 "Framework for the establishment of a Government Housing Scheme (GEHS)" The purpose of the scheme is amongst others: . To enhance employees' access to affordable housing; . To promote home ownership and facilitate asset security among employees; . To assist employees to access affordable housing loans and finance; . To assist employees to rent houses with a view to buy and own homes. Governance and Administration . The Scheme shall operate as a Government Component, with labour as part of the architectural design of the scheme and governance thereof. CHALLENGES I.R.O. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GEHS Non-Implementation of R1200.00 Housing Allowance . Labour declared a dispute on the 4th December 2015 due to the failure of the employer to implement the R1200.00 Housing Allowance, after a series of commitment by the employer to pay; . The matter was concluded on the 22nd January 2016 through the signing of a settlement agreement, which would be certified as an arbitration award to make final and binding; . Through the settlement award the employer committed to pay the Housing Allowance with effect from 15 February 2015. Enrolment to the GEHS The Employer issued an implementation circular indicating that the payment of housing allowance to eligible home owners shall commence from the 15th February 2016 onwards backdated to 1st July 2015, for employees who submit enrolment forms. NB: THE ENROLMENT DATE OF THE 31 JANUARY 2016 DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE WHO SHALL HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THE FORMS BY THAT DATE SHALL NOT RECEIVE THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE. AS AND WHEN EMPLOYEES SUBMIT THE FORMS, THEY SHALL RECEIVE THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE. Savings Facility Resolution 7 of 2015 (GEHS) further provides for establishment of an "individually-linked" savings facility for employees who are eligible to receive a housing allowance but do not own a home. Such employees shall continue to receive R900 instead of the total housing allowance and the difference thereof (R300) shall be diverted into an "individually-linked" savings facility. Challenge: The discussions are still ensuing regarding the location of this facility: Post Bank or S.A. Retail Bonds. For more resources on opposition to Privatisation, please click: <https://counter-summit.wikispaces.com/Index> Button, Main.jpg -- -- 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.
