NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 793
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 26 April 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 13 of 2013
Dr S M van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) Why has the Government Printing Works special remuneration dispensation
target been postponed and (b) what are the incentives for staff retention
until the special remuneration dispensation is granted?
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REPLY:
The question was referred to the Government Printing Works (GPW) and it
advised as follows:
a) The Minister of Public Service and Administration instructed her
Director-General to set up a task team together with the GPW to look
into the matter of a special salary dispensation for the GPW. There
were delays in organising meetings of this task team. Progress has
since been made in terms of benchmark information and it is trusted
that the task team will complete its work and provide the final
report to the Ministers of Public Service and Administration and of
Home Affairs within the next few months.
b) There are no specific incentives for staff retention in place.
Mechanisms have, however, been utilised which includes counter salary
offers in terms of prescripts and exposure and training on the state
of the art equipment.