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Pay rise proposed for security guards left in limbo for two years

The arrangement would would increase wages from the minimum rate of €11.65 per hour to €12.90

A security guard at a Covid testing facility. Picture: Rollingnews.ie

A new pay deal has been proposed for 16,000 security guards who have been left in limbo for the past two years.

The deal published by the Labour Court would increase the wage rates for security guards from the minimum rate of €11.65 per hour to €12.90 per hour from next month onwards.

It has been agreed by a group of unions and employers in the security sector after two previous deals in were held ...