Minimum wage set to increase from 1 March
From the 1st of March, you cannot pay your domestic and garden workers less than R19.09 an hour.
The government's hiked its earnings from R16, under the new national minimum wage.
It will increase to R21.69 and will be implemented for farmworkers, who are currently getting R18.68 an hour.
Employment and Labour's Musa Zondi says inflation and the cost of living were taken into consideration during an annual review of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
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"This also applies to the farming sector and domestic workers while workers on extended public workers programme are entitled to ``R11.93 per hour."
In a statement, the Department of Employment and Labour said, " In line with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), the increase in the National Minimum Wage will mean that wages prescribed in the sectoral determinations that were higher than the NMW at its promulgation, must be increased proportionally to the adjustment of the national minimum wage."
Therefore, the Contract Cleaning; and Wholesale and Retail Sector will also have their wages upwardly adjusted by 4,5%.
Employment and Labour Minister TW Nxesi has announced that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked has been increased from R20,76 to R21,69 for the year 2021 with effect from 01 March 2021.
— Department of Employment and Labour (@deptoflabour) February 9, 2021
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