title: Occupation specific dispensation - a hapless tale.
abstract: Public sector doctor relations with their employer, soured by clumsy, inconsistent provincial implementation of long-awaited Occupation Specific Dispensation, (OSD), pay hikes and further delayed mid-level category doctors pay talks, are on a knife edge.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bateman
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics; D017150:Public Sector; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013019:South Africa; D013317:Strikes, Employee