Sport Employees Unite (SEU) the representative trade union of non-playing staff in cricket and rugby welcomed the announcement by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to exercise its step-in rights at Border and Northern Cape Cricket.

“We are encouraged by the decision of CSA to utilse its step-in rights at these two cricket unions. Our dealings with these two entities over the past 24 months were challenging to say the least, says Piet Heymans, Chief Executive of SEU.

Non compliance with labour legislation, poor corporate governance and several employment related disputes created unstable and difficult work environments at Border and Northern Cape Cricket.

“We spent numerous hours dealing with matters such as the nonpayment of overtime and ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act at Northern Cape Cricket. Just recently one of our members did not receive his leave payout after he resigned and the matter had to be referred to the CCMA and even after the CCMA ordered Northern Cape Cricket to make such payment no payment was made ”, continues Heymans.

“Poor corporate governance appears to be the root cause of most of these matters and disputes. We came to the conclusion that these two cricket unions were not capable of addressing this and required the intervention of CSA. We look forward to working with the appointed administrators to ensure stable and fair working environments for our members”, concludes Heymans.

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