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BusinessLive reports that the R3,500 national minimum monthly wage that the Nedlac committee of experts has recommended is below the "working poverty line" of R4,317.
But, it is well above the minimum wages in all the sectoral determinations that the Minister of Labour has in place. The latter protect about 5-million workers in sectors where there is no collective wage bargaining. The lowest sectoral determination wages range from R1,813 in domestic work to R2,761 in the hospitality industry and R2,844 for contract cleaners. The new minimum, it seems, would trump any sectoral determinations or collective bargaining agreements with lower minimums. In domestic work, 91% of workers earn less than R3,500, so the Nedlac committee proposes an initial 75% of the minimum for this sector and 90% for agriculture, where 85% of workers earn less than the minimum.
- Read this report by Hilary Joffe in full at BusinessLive
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