THE public service commission has warned government to end its system of allowing public servants to accumulate leave over years after public servants accrued vacation leave payment of R11,6-billion in the 1998/99 year. They were paid nearly R1-billion for over-time work during the 1997/98 financial year, Business Day
reports that the commission warned that costs will increase once the Basic Conditions of Employment Act come into effect in June next year. Overtime pay, which increased in the trade and industry department by 10012% since the 1993/94 financial year, should be replaced with time off.