Government has reviewed specific allowances in the health sector by a further 40 percent. This is with effect from October 1, 2019.
The adjustment will see junior doctors getting $2 400 for on-call allowances, up from $1 200 which had been initially offered.
Nurses will get $720 for either night duty, standby or call allowances, up from the previous $360 while nurse managers will get $1 000, up from $500.
The Government has also resolved to pay civil servants full bonuses for 2019, pegged on gross income, as compared to last year when the 13th cheque was based on pensionable salaries only.
The development is expected to cushion civil servants form the increasing cost of living.
Health Services Board (HSB) chairperson, Dr Paulinus Sikosana, yesterday said the latest review brings adjustments on health-specific allowances to 100 percent.
However doctors are continuing to withdraw their labour saying they will not resume work until their grievances are addressed. The industrial action by the junior doctors is now in its second month.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday which addressing representatives of rural district councils, appealed to doctors to return to work while issues are being resolved adding that their failure to do so shows there is an evil force behind the industrial action
Last month, the Government awarded civil servants including health workers, a cost of living adjustment of between 55 percent and 76 percent, which was awarded on a sliding scale.
