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8 Jul 22
South Africa’s struggling state-owned power company Eskom has agreed it will give workers a 7% wage increase to end a pay dispute, but said the move will be “a struggle” to afford.
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24 May 22
A South African government body has said it does not have the money to meet union demands for a pay rise, and encouraged its staff to be grateful for being employed at all.
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29 Apr 22
Covid-19 support and high revenues meant Brazilian state governments began 2022 with large cash reserves, but they face warnings about spending pressures that will test their liquidity.
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25 Jan 22
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has set aside some money in the country’s 2022 budget for public sector pay rises in some professions, amid threats of strikes.
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4 May 21
Tanzania’s president has cut income tax to help workers deal with the economic effects of Covid-19 but refused to increase public sector pay, which has remained static for nearly six years.
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17 Oct 19
Croatia's prime minister appears to have met the demands of his country's teachers by announcing public sector workers will get a pay rise of 6% next year.
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1 Feb 19
Zimbabwe’s main teaching union has given the government an ultimatum in a pay dispute by threatening to strike next Tuesday if no progress is made.
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14 Jan 19
A proposal by the government of Zimbabwe to raise civil servants’ pay by 10% has been rejected by public service unions.
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10 Dec 18
Mexico’s supreme court has suspended a new law that would cut all public sector salaries to below the president’s new reduced salary.
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26 Feb 18
Germany’s public sector workers have had their claim for a 6% pay rise rejected by the federal government and municipalities because it was too much and would force the outsourcing of jobs.
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11 Jan 18
IMF deputy managing director Tao Zhang has warned that public sector wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia are far higher than those in similar countries, absorbing money that could be...
8 Jul 22South Africa’s struggling state-owned power company Eskom has agreed it will give workers a 7% wage increase to end a pay dispute, but said the move will be “a struggle” to afford.
29 Apr 22Covid-19 support and high revenues meant Brazilian state governments began 2022 with large cash reserves, but they face warnings about spending pressures that will test their liquidity.
25 Jan 22Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has set aside some money in the country’s 2022 budget for public sector pay rises in some professions, amid threats of strikes.
4 May 21Tanzania’s president has cut income tax to help workers deal with the economic effects of Covid-19 but refused to increase public sector pay, which has remained static for nearly six years.
17 Oct 19Croatia's prime minister appears to have met the demands of his country's teachers by announcing public sector workers will get a pay rise of 6% next year.
1 Feb 19Zimbabwe’s main teaching union has given the government an ultimatum in a pay dispute by threatening to strike next Tuesday if no progress is made.
10 Dec 18Mexico’s supreme court has suspended a new law that would cut all public sector salaries to below the president’s new reduced salary.
26 Feb 18Germany’s public sector workers have had their claim for a 6% pay rise rejected by the federal government and municipalities because it was too much and would force the outsourcing of jobs.
11 Jan 18IMF deputy managing director Tao Zhang has warned that public sector wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia are far higher than those in similar countries, absorbing money that could be...
