Cape Talk.png Department mustn't punish teachers who cash out their pensions early - SADTU Qama Qukula, Cape Talk, Cape Town, 15 April 2016 To hear this six-minute audio interview in full, please click here <http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/12885/department-mustn-t-punish-teachers -who-cash-out-their-pensions-early-sadtu> (scroll down). Hundreds of teachers, who allegedly quit their jobs to access their pensions, are fighting to be reinstated in permanent posts. The Basic Education Department is reportedly not interested in full-time positions and will only take them back on a contractual basis. The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) says teachers must be encouraged to stay in their jobs, but the department must also act in a lawful manner. "An employee is governed by the Labour Relations Act and there's no way where you can discriminate against those who have resigned and say the can only only occupy temporary positions." - Mugwena Maluleke, SADTU General Secretary SADTU General Secretary Mugwena Maluleke says the department needs to rather focus on the issues which lead to teacher resignation. "We need experienced teachers. We need expertise. We are supposed to address the problems that led to them resigning and taking their pensions - instead of punishing them for having left the department because they are in debt or many other things. - Mugwena Maluleke, SADTU General Secretary According to Maluleke, the fact that teachers earn poor salaries contributes to the problem of early pensions. From: http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/12885/department-mustn-t-punish-teachers- who-cash-out-their-pensions-early-sadtu -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
