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SAPU CALLING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION OVER COVID 19 OVERTIME
Drickus Maartens • July 1, 2021
SAPU CALLING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION OVER COVID 19 OVERTIME
Wednesday 25 March 2020, Pretoria- The South African Policing Union would like to call upon the SAPS management to introduce an attractive incentive to pay Public Service Act Personnel (PSAP)employees employed within the Police who are not part of employees rendering an essential service. We are making this call fully aware that the Police on their own would never be fully independent of these employees in rendering their service.
It has come to our attention that these employees as a support structure of the SAPS could not be compelled to work. They can only be allowed to work either from home or not work at all. It is a reality that we cannot run away from that these employees give the SAPS an important back up. We are referring to PSAP employees like Data Capturers, Typists etc. The lockdown as ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa who mentioned the group of employees who would be working during the 21 days doesn’t include employees like these.
We have been calling on the SAPS management to implement a SSSBC Agreement 2 of 2011 Part D of Paragraph 5.1 that could translate the employees from the Public Service Act personnel to the Police Act. Our position is well-documented that it doesn’t make sense to have employees of the same department employed under different Acts. The management has been dragging its feet to translate the Public Service Act personnel to the Police Act because of a narrow political agenda that they did not want to pay extra costs like the Danger Allowance that police officers are entitled to.
We are a revolutionary union that will not allow the employees to be intimidated to during the Coronavirus crisis with an employer that doesn’t pay overtime. The National Disaster that the President has declared unlike a national emergency falls within the Basic Condition of Employment Act. If the BCEA still applies any changes to the conditions of employment for employees are subject to engagement.
The SAPS must identity the non-essential employees that they would like them to render service and will be willing to work and state the incentive that they will pay. PSAP employees are conversant with the work that the police do and might be of great assistance during these trying times. SAPU will not compromise on this issue. We will closely monitor the SAPS and oppose any attempt to exploit even reservists. We are patriotic sons and daughters of our country, we are willing to assist during this hour of need, however we are not prepared to be exploited by a selfish employer.
SAPU has also noted with concern that, the SAPS has failed to provide the necessary resources for members to use during this COVID 19 crisis. We want to call on the SAPS to make provision for the holding of test of temperature for members when they report for duty and when they knock off. The safety of our members when on duty must be guaranteed. As much as we acknowledge that the country and the world was caught off guard by the break of COVID -19, for the SAPS it is a worst case.
It is clear that the SAPS will never be battle ready for any crisis. We are calling upon the SAPS management to look and plan ahead for other crises that might face us. SAPU calls upon PSAP not to be shaken by any threats of disciplinary steps taken against them illegally by the employer. The employer has to pay for their service finish and klaar. We are calling on the SAPS not to play with our member’s emotions. Any attempt to blackmail PSAP will not succeed. SAPU is calling for justice for these employees who would be requested to go an extra mile for the sake of the country whilst they have long been ignored by this insensitive employer.
As SAPU we anticipate that the police, nurses and others stand a good chance of being infected and therefore call upon the state to protect all the employees particularly those that are in the frontline.
Issued by: Oscar Skommere
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