Some staff members of the Free State ANC caucus in the legislature have taken the party to the CCMA for failure to pay salaries. They have also approached the labour department to get the party to commit to making payments of the outstanding Unemployment Insurance Fund UIF benefits.
Employees are accusing the ANC caucus of deducting more than they were supposed to for a period of five years on their Pay As You Earn contributions.
Employees of the Free State ANC caucus allege that the last time they received a full salary was in July this year. Prior to that, they had only received half of their salaries.
They say they were also shocked to discover that their UIF contributions were not paid over to the fund. Their Pay As You Earn deductions also did not find their way to the South African Revenue Services. They now want all monies owed to them paid.
"The main issue causing the contention between the employer and the employee is that our salaries have not been paid. The last payment of our salaries was on the 15th of July 2024. From what I've heard from other employees is that the employer has this assumption that our contracts ended on the 28th of May with the dissolution of the sixth administration," says Tumelo Matia, FS ANC Caucus Employee.
