Works Council Update
First Quarter Performance-
The company ran a loss of 61.2million. Throughput has fallen down to 20% from 68%.
Challenges leading to this poor performance were; -sub-economic tariffs-exhaustion of PSMAS, global limits, inadequate stocking and unbudgeted PPE for Covid 19
Salary Update
Company not in a position to adjust salary as promised as the cashflows are bad and the tariff adjustment and subscription review from expected subscribers including government to PSMAS has been stalled by the Covid 19 pandemic. The company won’t be able to pay the cushion allowance as throughput and cashflows have gone down.
In mitigating staff against these challenges the Company at group level will roll out a grocery basket to replace the cushion allowance with the lowest grade B1-B4 getting the following items in their basket;
-10kg mealie meal
-4kg rice-4L
-cooking oil
-6kg sugar
-3tabs bath soap
-2bars washing soap
The grocery basket is calculated as equivalent of the cushion allowance and will differ by grade category. The grocery basket will be delivered through Gains Supermarket but where they can be able to deliver to your workstations you will collect it from there.
Rationalisation of Services
The following essential services will be operating;
-clinics in strategic locations
-pharmacies to complement clinics and cater for chronics
-hospitals
-emras
-diagnostics
-inpatient rehab
The following units will he shutdown;
-dental
– optometry
-outpatient rehab
– shared services operating at 50%
Closed units to provide backup service to open units so as to eliminate locums entirely.
Removal of transport and fuel allowances for those whose units are closed
All contracts to be terminated this month
Leave liability reduction with all those with days above 30 going on leave immediately
Units to operate with skeleton staff which is complimentary to their throughput
Risk Allowance
Currently cashflows do not allow the roll out of this gesture to all frontline staff. Nonetheless the company recognised the need for such and persues other cashflows such as PSMAS legacy debt to fund this allowance.
In the meantime the company relies on an indemnity insurance which is payable upon getting sick from Covid 19 or succumbing to the virus
Wayforward
Introduction of telemedicine facility at 186Fife avenue
Protection of the going concern of the company now and post Covid 19 through aggressive cost containment measures to ensure job protection for all permanent staff members.
It could however not be immediately established if the above published memo is indeed from PSMAS. Efforts to get a comment from the organisation were futile by the time of publishing.
This is however a developing story. Refresh this page for latest updates.