Sectoral Determinations > Sectoral Determination 6: Private Security Sector, South Africa

(1)	Minimum salary:

(a)	The ordinary salary which an employer shall pay employees shall be as specified in sub clauses (1)(b), (1)(c) and (1)(d).

(i)

The hourly equivalents reflected in the table hereunder shall be used solely for the calculation of time worked in excess of the ordinary hours or for the deduction of monies from the ordinary salary for short time as defined or for any unauthorised absenteeism or any reduced ordinary hours of work as may be agreed between the employer and the employee in terms of sub clause 2(48).

[Sectoral Determination 6, clause 3(1)(a)(i) amended by Notice No. R 3 of 2016, GG 39602 dated 18 January 2016]

(b)	Subject to sub clause (a)(i) above, an employer shall pay to each member of the undermentioned classes of employees, other than casual employees, the minimum monthly salaries specified hereunder—

Table 1: Monthly minimum salary for year 1

MONTHLY SALARY RATES FOR YEAR 1 (with effect from 1 September 2015)
	AREA 1	AREA 2	AREA 3	Maximum permissible working hours per week for each respective category of employee, subject to clause 5(2), with regard to averaging of working hours
In the Magisterial Districts of	Alberton, Bellville, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Camperdown, Chatsworth, Durban, Germiston, Goodwood, Inanda, Johannesburg, Kempton Park, Krugersdorp, Kuils River, Mitchell's Plain, Nigel, Oberholzer, Paarl, Pinetown, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Randburg, Randfontein, Roodepoort, Sasolburg, The Cape, Uitenhage, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging, Westonaria, Wonderboom and Wynberg.	Bloemfontein, East London, Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Pietermaritzburg, Somerset West, Stellenbosch and Strand	All other Areas
	Monthly salary	Monthly salary	Monthly salary
Artisan	R6,155	R5,603	R5,374	45
Clerical Assistant				45
During the first year of experience	R3,068	R2,813	R2,544
During the second year of experience	R3,119	R2,852	R2,581
Thereafter	R3,166	R2,908	R2,637
Clerk				45
During the first year of experience	R3,346	R2,918	R2,820
During the second year of experience	R3,553	R3,150	R2,992
During the third year of experience	R3,741	R3,270	R3,181
Thereafter	R3,943	R3,453	R3,351
Control or Communication Centre Operator	As for relevant security officer grading			48
Controller	As for clerical assistant			45
Driver of a —				45
Light motor vehicle	R3,229	R2,990	R2,707
Medium motor vehicle	R3,460	R3,197	R2,916
Heavy motor vehicle	R3,612	R3,332	R3,051
General Worker				45
During the first six months service with the same employer	R2,511	R2,304	R2,067
Thereafter	R2,594	R2,391	R2,148
Handyman	R3,571	R3,309	R3,044	45
Security Officer				48
Grade A	R4,571	R4,177	R3,794
Grade B	R4,096	R3,739	R3,452
Grade C	R3,545	R3,258	R2,948
Grade D and E	R3,482	R3,162	R2,874
Employees not elsewhere specified	R3,101	R2,850	R2,574	45

Table 2: Monthly minimum salary rates for year 2

(with effect from 1 September 2016)
Grade D & E	AREA 1 Monthly rate	AREA 2 Monthly rate	AREA 3 Monthly rate
	R3,792	R3,446	R3,133
An increase for all other categories of employee including Grade A, B and C, will be calculated by adding the annualised Consumer Price Index plus 1% (one per cent), with a minimum increase of 6% (six per cent) and a maximum of 8% (eight per cent) to the salary rates for Year 1.
Note: * The CPI referred to shall be the annualised CPI that is available on the 30 June 2016 prior to the increase, as published by Statistics South Africa

[Sectoral Determination 6, Table 2 Note replaced by Notice No. R 3 of 2016, GG 39602 dated 18 January 2016]

Table 3: Monthly minimum salary rates for year 3

MONTHLY SALARY RATES FOR YEAR 3 (with effect from 1 September 2017)
	AREA 1 & 2	AREA 3	Maximum permissible working hours per week for each respective category of employee, subject to clause 5(2), with regard to averaging of working hours.
In the Magisterial Districts of	Alberton, Bellville, Benoni, Boksburg, Bloemfontein, Brakpan, Camperdown, Chatsworth, Durban, East London, Germiston, Goodwood, Inanda, Johannesburg, Kempton Park, Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Krugersdorp, Kuils River, Mitchell’s Plain, Nigel, Oberholzer, Paarl, Pietermaritzburg, Pinetown, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Randburg, Randfontein, Roodepoort, Sasolburg, Simon’s Town, Somerset West, Springs, Stellenbosch, Strand, The Cape, Uitenhage, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging, Westonaria, Wonderboom and Wynberg.	All other areas
	Monthly salary	Monthly salary
Artisan	R7 014	R6 124	45
Clerical Assistant
During the first year of experience	R3 496	R2 899
During the second year of experience	R3 554	R2 941
Thereafter	R3 608	R3 005
Clerk			45
During the first year of experience	R3 813	R3 213
During the second year of experience	R4 053	R3 409
During the third year of experience	R4 263	R3 625
Thereafter	R4 493	R3 819
Control or Communication Centre Operator	As for relevant security officer grading		48
Controller	As for a clerical assistant		45
Driver of a -			45
Light motor vehicle	R3 679	R3 085
Medium motor vehicle	R3 943	R3 323
Heavy motor vehicle	R4 116	R3 477
General Worker			45
During the first six months service with the same employer	R2 861	R2 356
Thereafter	R2 956	R2 448
Handyman	R4 070	R3 469	45
Security Officer			48
Grade A	R5 209	R4 323
Grade B	R4 668	R3 934
Grade C, D & E	R4 102	R3 414
Employees not elsewhere specified	R3 534	R2 933	45

Note: The current minimum wage increases for all other categories of employee including Grade A and B have been determined by utilizing the CPI (Available on the 30 June 2017) reported by Stats SA in 21 June 2017 which was 5.4% plus 1% as stated in the Sectoral Determination equal to the total increase of 6.4%. Grade C, D and E is predetermined rates as per Private Security Sectoral Determination published in the Government Gazette no: 39156 dated 01 September 2015.

[Sectoral Determination 6, Table 3 & Table 3 Note replaced by Table 3: Private Security Sector Minimum wages issued by the Department of Labour with effect from 1 September 2017]

Note to Year 3 tables, above:

i.	The basic salary rate for Grade D and E will be equal to Grade C in the third year of the determination.

ii.	The basic salary rates in all categories including security officers for Area 2 will be the same as of Area 1 in the third year of the determination.

(c)	Casual employees

An employer shall pay a casual employee in respect of each hour or part of an hour (excluding overtime) worked by the employee on any day other than a paid holiday or a Sunday not less than the hourly wage as calculated in terms of clause 3(5)(b) for an ordinary employee who in the same area performs the same class of work as the casual employee is required to do, plus 15 percent, or not less than the hourly wage or hourly equivalent of the salary actually being paid to the ordinary employee, whichever is the greater amount.

Provided that—

(i)	for the purposes of this paragraph the expression "the ordinary employee" means the employee who performs the particular class of work in the employer's full-time employ and who is being paid the lowest salary for that class of work;

(ii)	where the employer requires the casual employee—

(aa)	to perform the work of a class of employee for whom salaries on a rising scale are prescribed, the expression "hourly wage" shall mean the hourly equivalent wage prescribed for a qualified employee of that class; and

(ab)	to work for a period of less than four hours on any day, the employee shall be deemed to have worked four hours and remunerated accordingly.

(2) Area 3 Premium:

Every security officer in Area 3 shall be paid a monthly premium of R60.00. Such Area 3 premium shall be reflected as an "Area 3 Premium" on the employee’s salary advice.

(3)	Basis of contract:

For the purposes of this clause, the contract of employment of an employee, other than a casual employee, shall be on a weekly basis.

(4)	Differential salary:

An employer who requires or permits a member of one class of employee to perform for longer than one hour on any day, either in addition to the employee’s own work or in substitution therefore, work of another class for which—

(a)	Salary is higher than that of the employee’s own class is prescribed in sub clause (1), shall pay to such employee in respect of that day not less than the daily equivalent calculated at the higher rate; or

(b)

a rising scale of remuneration resulting in a salary higher than that of the employee’s own class, as prescribed in sub clause (1), shall pay to such employee in respect of that day not less than the daily salary calculated on the notch in the rising scale immediately above the salary which the employee was receiving for the employee’s ordinary work: provided that –

(aa)	this sub clause shall not apply where the difference between the classes in terms of sub clause (1) is based on experience; and

(ab)

unless expressly otherwise provided in a written contract between the employer and employee, nothing in this determination shall be so construed as to preclude an employer from requiring an employee to perform work of another class for which class the same or a lower salary is prescribed for such an employee.

(5)	Calculation of salary

The ordinary salary, overtime and Sunday time of an employee, other than a casual employee, shall be calculated on a monthly basis and an employee shall be paid accordingly.

(a)	The monthly salary of an employee shall be as stipulated in the relevant column of the tables in sub clause 3(1)(b).

(b)

Any hours in excess of the maximum daily or weekly ordinary hours or, if applicable, average weekly ordinary hours, as well as any hours in respect of work performed on a Sunday or public holiday, shall be calculated by using the formula below to determine the "hourly equivalent" figure and applying the relevant premium:

x	X	3
y	X	13

Where: x =

monthly salary as per clause 3(1)(b)

and y =

ordinary hours per week as per clause 5(1)

(c)	The "hourly equivalent" figure shall not be used to calculate the employee’s remuneration in respect of ordinary hours worked, i.e., the employee’s basic salary.

(6)	Night shift allowance:

If at least half of the shift ordinarily falls between the hours of 18:00 on one day and 06:00 the next day that employee will be entitled to and shall receive an allowance in respect of each night shift worked, as follows:

R5.50 per shift as from 1 September 2015 till 31 August 2017, and

R6.00 per shift as from 1 September 2017

(7)	Special allowances

The following allowances shall be paid, per shift, to each employee performing the following duties, on condition that no employee shall be entitled to accumulate more than any two of these special allowances in respect of any shift worked—

		Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
(a)	Mobile supervisors:	R7.50	R8.00	R8,50
(b)	Armed security officer:	R7.50	R8.00	R8,50
(c)	Armed response officer:	R7.50	R8.00	R8,50
(d)	National key point officer:	R7.50	R8.00	R8,50
(e)	Control centre operator:	R7.50	R8.00	R8,50

(8)	Area 2 Premium

All security officers in Area 2 will receive an Area 2 Premium of R150.00 per month

(a)	As from 1 September 2016 the Area 2 Premium will increase to R300.00 per month.

(b)	As from 1 September 2017 the Area 2 Premium will fall away, with Area 2 consolidating with Area 1.

Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 6 : Private Security Sector, South Africa

3. Remuneration