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Pan African concludes multi-year wage agreement at Barberton mines

12th August 2021

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Deputy Editor Online

     

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JSE-listed Pan African Resources announced that its Barberton Mines operation has successfully concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and a five-year wage agreement with Uasa.

NUM and Uasa represent the majority of employees at Barberton Mines.

The NUM agreement provides for an average yearly wage increase of about 5.6%, compound yearly, for the bargaining unit over a three-year term, effective from July 1 and terminating on June 30, 2024.

The Uasa agreement is effective from July 21 and terminates on June 30, 2026.

It provides for an average yearly increase of 5% for years one and two; an average yearly increase of 5% or the yearly South African consumer price inflation rate (CPI), whichever is higher, capped at 6%, for year three; and an average yearly increase of 5% or CPI, whichever is higher, capped at 6%, for years four and five.

The parties have, however, agreed to renegotiate these increases in the event of CPI being lower than 4% or higher than 7.5%, for years four and five.

Assuming a CPI rate of 5% for the initial three-year period, the above mentioned wage increases will result in an average yearly increase of about 5.4%, compound yearly, for these bargaining units over the period.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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