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Fin24 user Juan Botha is concerned that some striking workers are not aware that they are due back pay when they return to work.
He writes: “I read earlier that when striking workers return, they are due back pay in many instances. Most, I am sure, will be unaware of this”.
Terry Bell responds:
In annual agreements, the new rates of pay usually run from a particular month (say, July) to the same month the following year.
When disputes and negotiations carry on beyond those dates, the earlier rate of pay applies until a new rate is agreed.
The new rate should then be back paid to when the latest annual increment should have begun.
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* Terry Bell is an independent political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on Fin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
Fin24 user Juan Botha is concerned that some striking workers are not aware that they are due back pay when they return to work.
He writes: “I read earlier that when striking workers return, they are due back pay in many instances. Most, I am sure, will be unaware of this”.
Terry Bell responds:
In annual agreements, the new rates of pay usually run from a particular month (say, July) to the same month the following year.
When disputes and negotiations carry on beyond those dates, the earlier rate of pay applies until a new rate is agreed.
The new rate should then be back paid to when the latest annual increment should have begun.
*Have a question for Terry? Drop us a line.
- Fin24
* Terry Bell is an independent political, economic and labour analyst. Views expressed are his own. Follow him on twitter @telbelsa.
Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on Fin24 have been independently written by members of the Fin24 community. The views of users published on Fin24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent those of Fin24.
