Wage increase for security guards shortly - SLASSPA

The Sri Lanka Security Service Providers’ Association (SLASSPA) has called upon all security companies to take steps to increase the salaries of their employees by at least Rs. 2,500.

Security service companies will be compulsorily bound by law to pay this increase from the effective date upon gazette notification. Non compliance will be a violation of the law as this is a statutory requirement.

As has been the practice in the past, security companies will be compelled to pass on this increase to the client to meet the enhancement of costs, a press release issued by the SLASSPA said.

In the present context trade workers such as carpenters, masons and gardeners earn more than Rs. 700-800 for eight hours while a security guard who works a 12-hour shift on his feet earns only around Rs. 450-500 per day which is below even a bare subsistence level in today’s economic environment. The SLASSPA believes that this wage increase will have a positive impact in motivating security personnel.