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Moneyweb reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which is responsible for dispute resolution between employees and employers, received over 6,000 referrals related to wage disputes in the first four months of 2019.
The bulk – 5,314 of the total of 6,066 – were from workers who earned below R204,430 per annum complaining about statutory non-payment from their employers. Following amendments to certain provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act as of January 2019, workers falling in this category who experienced underpayment and non-payment of salaries from their employers could refer their disputes to the CCMA. The remaining 752 of the referred disputes were specifically related to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act, which also came into effect at the start of the year and stipulates that workers should get paid a rate of R20 an hour. Labour analyst Michael Bagraim said the number of referrals related to the NMW were too low, which he attributed to employees being afraid to report their complaints for fear of losing their jobs, as well as unions not training their members on how to lodge disputes at the CCMA.
- Read the full original of Tebogo Tshwane’s report in the above regard at Moneyweb
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