Updated minimum wage planned for South Africa

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The Department of Employment and Labour has confirmed that it will be formalising a new minimum wage for South Africa in the coming financial year.

Presenting its annual performance plan for 2022/2023 to parliament, the department said the investigation into the new minimum wage should be completed by November 2022, with the updated amounts set to be published by 31 March 2023.

Unlike in previous years, no specific worker groups have been provided exceptions, with the minimum wages for domestic workers and farmworkers now also set at R23.19 for each ordinary hour worked as part of a planned equalisation. The hike represents a 21.5% increase for domestic workers. Workers employed as part of the expanded public works programme are entitled to R12.75 per hour.

The National Minimum Wage Act was first proclaimed in 2018, setting a historic precedent in the protection of low-earning workers in South Africa and providing a platform for reducing inequality and huge disparities in income in the national labour market. The national minimum wage is the amount payable for the ordinary hours of work and does not include payment of allowances payments in kind , tips, bonuses and gifts.

 

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