The Gauteng Department of Education has put together appeals procedures to deal with complaints regarding strike related salary deductions. Last week, principals were informed of the strike deduction audit as well as appeals procedures.
The agreement with trade unions is that deductions would take place in November 2010, February 2011 and March 2011 for the 17 days of the strike. No deductions will take place in December or January and no more than five days will be deducted per month. Salaries will be paid to educators on Tuesday next week so no salaries have been paid as yet except non-educator staff.
Some payslips may indicate 10 days deductions, but in fact we have reversed the additional five days. When they get their salaries on Tuesday, they will find that they have been refunded the extra five days. We have issued a circular outlining the appeals process for staff who wish to dispute the number of days they were on strike. They can fill in a form which has a table on the number of days of the strike, indicate the days they are disputing, attach proof, and forward the form to the district strike management committee.
The committee will make a recommendation to the district director and if accepted deductions will be reversed immediately. We are committed to reversing deductions immediately in instances where there is proof or deductions were made erroneously.
For more information contact:
Charles Phahlane
Tel: 011 355 1530
Cell: 071 860 4496
