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Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:39 pm
by Klipspringer
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Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:17 pm
by Alf
Eish
Re: KNP: Disruption of services have tourists fuming
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:18 pm
by Alf
Possibly only a few not getting paid overtime but everyone strikes
Re: KNP: Disruption of services have tourists fuming
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:08 am
by Peter Betts
Alf wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:18 pm
Possibly only a few not getting paid overtime but everyone strikes
I have never been paid overtime in my life
and currently in a retirement arrangement at the co I work for at R7K a month = less than these strikers
RSA has the most expensive labour....Get a new recruitment drive going ASAP..
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:23 am
by Peter Betts
Flutterby wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:22 pm
Apparently they are striking due to non-payment for overtime. I would probably do the same if I wasn't paid!!
..Today's situation where I work and all the other Cos where I have worked since 1971 ..My Son and his wife and my first grandchild who I havent seen yet are arriving at 16h00 this afternoon from Qatar after being away for 4 years because labour laws prevented them from applying for jobs. My Boss in JHB phoned me on Friday said that he would be in PE today and would like to make a couple of calls with me this afternoon. I told him I would be leaving for the Airport at 15h00 to fetch my family ..He said thats fine and promptly emailed me a leave form ..If I dont sign it ...FIRED ..its that simple ..Socialism doesnt work especially in Africa...I dont get overtime its like all the American Cos I have worked for
too in the past like IBM and on the post 65 yrs old arrangement I have with them I get less than these strikers ,,SA get back to work and be thankful
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:29 am
by Peter Betts
Peter Betts wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:23 am
Flutterby wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:22 pm
Apparently they are striking due to non-payment for overtime. I would probably do the same if I wasn't paid!!
..Today's situation where I work and all the other Cos where I have worked since 1971 ..My Son and his wife and my first grandchild who I havent seen yet are arriving at 16h00 this afternoon from Qatar after being away for 4 years because labour laws prevented them from applying for jobs. My Boss in JHB phoned me on Friday said that he would be in PE today and would like to make a couple of calls with me this afternoon. I told him I would be leaving for the Airport at 15h00 to fetch my family ..He said thats fine and promptly emailed me a leave form ..If I dont sign it ...FIRED ..its that simple ..Socialism doesnt work especially in Africa...I dont get overtime its like all the American Cos I have worked for
too in the past like IBM and on the post 65 yrs old arrangement I have with them I get less than these strikers ,,SA get back to work and be thankful
Tourism requires that you work non standard hours anyway ..Summary ..wrong folk in the jobs
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:28 am
by Dzombo
I do way more hours than what I am "supposed to". Don't get paid extra for it. But I don't strike either.
Am grateful I have a job.
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:12 am
by Flutterby
Peter & Dzombo, I get what you're saying. But if it's in their contract that they get paid for overtime, and then don't get paid, well that's just wrong!
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:27 am
by PhilipG
Flutterby, I agree with you, if it is in your contract then the employer must obey. A few days ago this appeared on the sanparks tender site - SANParks-0069-11-19: RFQ - Investigation on the Escalation of Overtime Costs South African National Parks (SANParks) is hereby inviting professional service providers to submit a quotation for an investigation on the escalation of overtime costs in the organisation.
Seems like there is a real issue at hand
Re: Staff Strike at Letaba
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:33 am
by Richprins
Yes, Philip. Overtime is unfortunately a regularly-abused "institution" in SA government departments, with tasks that should be completed during normal hours being prolonged or even sabotaged so that overtime is enforced. Or the books can simply be fiddled so that a worker gets overtime pay while the supervisor takes a cut...