"Security officers that are underpaid or overworked are more liable to render a substandard level of service, which places the consumer at serious risk." -Tony Botes, Security Association of South Africa National Administrator
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The move by the province is by far the strongest action taken by government since unions in the private security sector embarked on a national 'pay-back-the-money' campaign in January 2023. The campaign relates to millions of rands deducted irregularly from thousands of workers by employers who in turn failed to pay towards their healthcare benefits as agreed in the MCA.
Private security companies contracted to look after national key points implicated in non-compliance with regulations governing workers’ healthcare benefits write Lucas Ledwaba and Katlego Sekwati…
Hundreds of security companies including some contracted to the Mpumalanga Provincial Treasury, are under fire for failing to provide their workers with agreed upon benefits…
Private sector security unions took their campaign to force companies to adhere to a Main Collective Agreement over health benefits for workers to Kimberley in…
Unions have accused security companies of failing to adhere to the agreement, deducting money from workers’ salaries but failing to provide the health care benefits or using other service providers either than the one appointed by the NBCPSS.
Employee representatives continue with action to demand employers pay-back an estimated R75 million deducted ‘irregularly’ from over 30,000 security guards