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News24 reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has found non-compliance with the law by some Mpumalanga security companies, leading to the guards being exploited by their employers.
A week-long inspection blitz by the department uncovered the non-compliance as part of its investigations into the implementation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Act and the sectoral determination. The department discovered that out of 55 private security companies operating in the province, only 23 complied with implementation of labour laws, while 22 others failed to adhere to them. It indicated that some companies were not issuing workers with payslips or failed to pay annual bonuses. About R432,187 was owed to employees due to underpayments and non-payment of annual bonuses. Fourteen employers had contravened the UIF Act by not declaring their employees to the fund as required. Fifteen companies had failed to comply with the provisions of the sectoral determination, which is the basic condition of employment for employees in the sector and which regulates minimum wages Seven companies were found to be not complying with the NMW Act. "Other issues of non-compliance included failure by employers to enter into proper agreements with employees. All non-complaint companies were given 14 days to comply or face confirmatory notices.
- Read the full original of the above report by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
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