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Civil engineering industry signs three-year wage agreement

22nd October 2021

By: Schalk Burger

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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A three-year wage agreement has been signed by parties to the Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI), which will see workers getting a wage increase of 4.8% during the first year to the end of August 2022 and 0.75% above consumer price inflation for the following two years to the end of August 2024.

Employer organisations the Consolidated Employers Organisation and the South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors and trade unions the Building, Construction and Allied Worked Union and National Union of Mine Workers signed the agreement, said BCCEI acting general secretary Kevin Moodley.

“The signing of the three-year agreement will bring a level of comfort to both employers and employees at a time when we need it most. The finalisation of the agreement means that we, as the industry-mandated bargaining council, can get back to business as usual and assist companies in effecting the increases and conditions of employment.”

The signing of the agreement is a significant milestone for the civil engineering sector and has again demonstrated the value of industry stakeholders working closely for the good of the sector, he added.

With respect to the conditions of employment, some positive changes have been agreed to, including an acting allowance, which will see an allowance paid to an employee while acting in a position higher than their current job grade, Moodley said.

Other changes will ensure that the Conditions of Employment are aligned with amendments to the Labour Relations Act. For example, employees will be entitled to ten days parental leave subject to benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

Increases have also been effected on various allowances including the sleep-out allowance, the living-out allowance, the night shift allowance and the cross-border allowance.

The three-year agreement will become effective from the date of promulgation which is effectively when the Minister of Employment and Labour signs the agreement.

A circular will be sent out to all by the BCCEI with detailed information on all changes to the collective agreements that have expired, he added.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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