Security firm must cough up for firing 28 guards unfairly for being women
A security firm fired 28 woman guards unfairly because, it said, the client Metrorail wanted more men on duty. Details of their dismissal in 2015, on the grounds that women were not good crime fighters, are stated in a judgment by Labour Court in Cape Town that their dismissal by Chuma Security Services was "simply and directly on the grounds of gender". The women were employed to protect track boxes and cables belonging to Metrorail‚ the largest provider of passenger and commuter rail services‚ in the Northern Line Area. That is the line from Cape |Town’s Old Mutual station to Wellington and Strand. The 28 security guards‚ represented by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa)‚ went to court after Chuma Security Services dismissed them, citing "operational requirements". "The reasons provided for the dismissal in the termination letters was that Chuma’s client‚ Metrorail‚ had requested Chuma to use more male security guards at their sites‚" said the Labour Court in its rul...
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