{"id":255819,"date":"2018-07-02T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=255819"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:56:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:56:38","slug":"eff-wants-new-laws-to-in-source-all-government-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/255819\/eff-wants-new-laws-to-in-source-all-government-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"EFF wants new laws to in-source all government workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EFF is currently working on new proposed legislation to end the outsourcing of all government workers at the local, provincial and national level.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released to congratulate the DA on its plans to in-source 1,600 security workers in Johannesburg, the EFF said that the draft legislation was in line with its commitment to to have secure and quality work for all workers.<\/p>\n<p>While no further details were provided on the proposed legislation, the EFF&#8217;s Floyd Shivambu took to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloydShivambu\/status\/1013734931904819203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> <\/strong>on Monday afternoon (2 July) to confirm that the legislation was close to completion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The EFF is drafting and will soon gazette the Insourcing of National, Provincial, and Local Government and Entities\u2019 Employees Act,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will bring dignity and honour to all government employees, particularly security guards, cleaners and all general workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The issue of in-sourcing workers has grown to become an increasingly important talking point for South Africa&#8217;s political parties in recent years, with the DA stating that its move to in-source security personnel in Johannesburg would save it a significant amount of money &#8211; which can then be passed on directly to employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Previously, the security services were outsourced through over 150 contracts with service providers paying an average of R14,000 per security guard, while the guards received as little as R4,000 as a basic salary per month,&#8221; the DA said.<\/p>\n<p>The new system implemented by the City now means that the security personnel will not only receive an increased income, but will also have access to benefits like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical Aid;<\/li>\n<li>Membership to a pension fund;<\/li>\n<li>Subsidised education; and<\/li>\n<li>Subsidised housing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/255519\/the-new-insurance-act-takes-effect-today-in-south-africa-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A new Insurance Act takes effect today in South Africa \u2013 here\u2019s what you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFF is currently working on new proposed legislation to end the outsourcing of all government workers at the local, provincial and national level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":111889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-255819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255819"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255839,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255819\/revisions\/255839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}