CALL ON PUBLIC SERVANTS TO CLAIM PENSION COMPENSATION Tuesday, 1 November Press Release (Immediate Release) Johannesburg –The Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) calls on all public service employees directly affected by discriminatory pension practices under apartheid, to come forward in a bid to seek compensation. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2012 and is open to all Public Servants who were employed on 2 September 1998. The Pension Redress Campaign forms part of the second and final process of the PSCBC programme launched on 24 May 2010 by the Minister for Public Service and Administration, the Honourable Richard Baloyi. It was adopted by way of two resolutions on pension restructuring, namely resolution 7 of 1998 and resolution 12 of 2002 which recognises the tenure of non-pensionable service under apartheid, with compensatory measure to redress this. Discriminatory Pension Practices identified under the programme affect those employees targeted on the basis of race, gender or status or those employees admitted to temporary pension funds due to their medical/physical status as well as former municipal policemen incorporated in the South African Police service during 1989, and still belong to Municipal Pension Funds. The redress will also recognize breaks in pensionable service for employees who were dismissed for participating in strikes in the former Transvaal and Natal provincial administrations between 1987 and 1993. “In order to implement the redress, the PSCBC, in consultation with various public sector unions has established task teams in all provinces and national departments. They will be responsible for the marketing of the redress opportunity, assisting with the completion of application forms and for communicating the results of the process to applicants. We urge all those who qualify to come forward and stake their claim to these funds”, says PSCBC Chairman, Weizmann Hamilton. A special fund established by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to finance the programme, will provide compensation to employees who have left the public service on the basis of the recalculated pension benefit. Employees still in service will have their pension service adjusted in line with recognized periods. “The redress is valid until 31 March 2012 therefore we urgently require beneficiaries to come forward before the deadline period”, says Hamilton. ________________________________________________________________________________ ENDS Issued by Britespark Communications On Behalf of: Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Britespark contact person: Kudzai Makwe or Pamela Mojapelo Telephone number: (011) 315 0092 Mobile number: 0730414711 or 0735214665 Email: [email protected] [email protected]
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