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Improvement on conditions of service for employees on salary levels 1 to 12 and those covered by occupation specific dispensations (OSDS): cost- of- living adjustment with effect from 1 April 2016.

Introduction

1. PSCBC resolution 8 of 2015 provides for the following cost -of- living adjustment for employees on salary levels 1 to 12 and those employees covered by occupation specific dispensations (OSDS) who are appointed in terms of the public service act, 1994 , the correctional services act , 1998 , the police act , 1995 , and the employment of educators act 1998:

1.1 salary adjustment , for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 march 2016 effective from 1 April 2015 , of 7 % ( the adjustment was implemented in 2015)
1.2 Salary adjustment, for the period 1 april 2016 to 31 march 2017, effective from 1 april 2016 will be based on the average projected cpi price index plus 1%.
1.3 Salary adjustment for the period 1 april 2017 to 31 march 2018, effective from 1 april 2017, will be based on the average projected cpi plus 1%.
1.4 The forecasts of national treasury shall be used to determine the average projected cpi.

2. National treasury projects the cpi for the 2016/17 financial year at 6.6% (source table 3.1 to the 2016 budget review)