Court ruling on public wage dispute has 'profound implications' for collective bargaining

A court ruling dismissing the public sector's application to force the government to pay wage increases for 2020 will have implications for future wage negotiations, according to unions.

The Labour Appeals Court on Tuesday delivered the judgment. The case was aired in court earlier this month before judges Dennis Davis, Violet Phatshoane and Philip Coppin.

The application was lodged by public sector unions earlier this year when the government proposed that the final year of a three-year wage agreement signed back in 2018 should be reviewed.