DOMESTIC WORKER SECTOR MINIMUM WAGES: 2019

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Table 1: Area A
Minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours per week
Table 2: Area A
Minimum wages for domestic workers who work 27 ordinary hours per week or less

BergrivierL ocal Municipality, Breederivier Local Municipality, Buffalo City Local Municipality, Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Cederberg Local Municipality, City of Cape Town, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Ekurhulen Metropolitan Municipality, Emalahleni Local Municipality, Emfuleni Local Municipality, Ethekwini Metropolitan Unicity, Garnagara Local Municipality, George Local Municipality, Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Kgatelopele Local Municipality, Khara Hais Local Municipality, Knysna Local Municipality, Kungwini Local Municipality, Kouga Local Municipality, Langeberg Local Municipality Lesedi ocal Municipality Makana Local Municipality, Mangaung Local Municipality, Matzikama Local Municipality, Metsimaholo Local Municipality, Middelburg Local Municipality, Midvaal Local Municipality, Mngeni Local Municipality, Mogale Local Municipality, Mosselbaai Local Municipality, Msunduzi Local Municipality, Mtubatu Local Municipality, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Nelson Mandela, Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality, Oudtshoorn Local Municipality, Overstrand Local Municipality, Plettenbergbaai Local Municipality, Potchefstroom Local Municipality, Randfontein Local Municipality, Richtersveld Local Municipality, Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality, Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Swartland Local Municipality, Swellendam Local Municipality, Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Umdoni Local Municipality, uMhlathuze Local Municipality and Witzenberg Local Municipality.

Minimum rates for the period 3 December 2018 to promulgation of the minimum wage provision contained in the National Minimum Wage Act
Minimum rates for the period 3 December 2018 to promulgation of the minimum wage provision contained in the National Minimum Wage Act.

Hourly Rate (R)

Weekly Rate (R)

Monthly Rate (R)

13.69

616.03*

2669.24 **

Hourly Rate (R)

Weekly Rate (R)

Monthly Rate (R)

16.03

432.78 ***

1875.22 ****

Table 1: Area 9 (Areas not mentioned in Area A) Minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours per week
Table 2: Area B (Areas not mentioned in Area A) Minimum wages for domestic workers who work 27 ordinary hours per week or less

Hourly Rate (R)

Weekly Rate (R)

Monthly Rate (R)

12.47

561.27*

2431.97 **

Hourly Rate (R)

Weekly Rate (R)

Monthly Rate (R)

14.72

397.37 ***

1721.81 ****

* Indicative weekly rate for employees working a maximum of 45 ordinary hours per week.
** Indicative monthly rate for employees working a maximum of 45 ordinary hours per
week.
*** Indicative weekly rate for employees working a maximum of 27 ordinary hours per
week. * * ** Indicative monthly rate for employees working a maximum of 27 Ordinary hours per
week.

 

Source: http://www.labour.gov.za/DOL/downloads/legislation/sectoral-determinations/basic-conditions-of-employment/domesticwages2018.pdf

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No. 1303 27 November 2018
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:— Act No. 9 of 2018: National Minimum Wage Act, 2018

VIA : https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/42060_gon1303_Act9of2018.pdf

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
(Section 6(6))
1. Subject to item 2, the national minimum wage is R20 for each ordinary hour worked.
2. Despite item 1—
(a) farm workers are entitled to a minimum wage of R18 per hour from a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette;
(b) domestic workers are entitled to a minimum wage of R15 per hour from a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette;
(c) workers employed on an expanded public works programme are entitled to a minimum wage of R11 per hour from a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette; and
(d) workers who have concluded learnership agreements contemplated in section 17 of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998), are entitled to the allowances contained in Schedule 2.
3. For the purposes of item 2—
‘‘farm worker’’ means a worker who is employed mainly or wholly in connection with farming or forestry activities, and includes a domestic worker employed in a home on a farm or forestry environment and a security guard on a farm or other agricultural premises, excluding a security guard employed in the private security industry in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001);
‘‘domestic worker’’ means a worker who performs domestic work in a private
household and who receives, or is entitled to receive, a wage and includes—
(a) a gardener;
(b) a person employed by a household as a driver of a motor vehicle;
(c) a person who takes care of children, the aged, the sick, the frail or the disabled;
and
(d) domestic workers employed or supplied by employment services; and ‘‘expanded public works programme’’ means a programme to provide public or community services through a labour intensive programme determined by the Minister in terms of section 50 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and funded from public resources.

 

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2018 Minimum wages for employees in the Farm and Forestry workers Sectors

Table 1: Minimum wages for employees in the Farm and Forestry workers Sector
Minimum rates for the period Minimum rates for the period Minimum rates for the period
1 March 2016 to 28 February 2017 1 March 2017 to 29 February 2018 1 March 2018 to 28 February 2019
Monthly Weekly Daily Hourly Monthly Weekly Daily Hourly Monthly Weekly Daily Hourly
R2778.83 R641.32 R128.26 R14.25 R3001.13 R692.62 R138.52* R15.39 R3169.19 R731.41 R146.28 R16.25

 

*For employees who work 9 hours a day.
**The CPI to be utilised is the available CPI excluding owners’ equivalent rent as released by Statistic South Africa
six weeks prior to the increment date. CPI = 4.6% + 1% = 5.6% increase

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Minimum Wages Hospitality Sector

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Minimum Wages Hospitality Sector: 01 July 2018 until 30 June 2019

The minimum wage for South Africa’s vulnerable sector of hospitality will be revised upward with effect from 01 July 2018.
The new Hospitality Sectoral Determination which governs minimum wage rate in the sector will be effective until 30 June 2019.

Minimum Wages Hospitality Sector

The minimum rate for employers with 10 or less employees will be a:
monthly wage of R 3 384.71 (2016/2017: R 2 959.35);
a weekly rate of R 781.14 (2016/2017: R 689.97);
and an hourly rate of R 17.34 (2016/2017: R 15.17).

The new wages for employers with more than 10 employees will be a minimum

monthly rate of R 3 772.65 (2016/2017: R 3 298.52);
a weekly rate of R 870.62 (2016/2017: R 761.25);
and an hourly rate of R 19.35 (2016/2017: R 16.91).

The current wage increases have been determined by utilizing the April CPI (excluding owners’ equivalent rent) reported by Stats SA on the 23 May 2018 which is 4.5% plus 1.5% as prescribed in the Sectoral Determination. The total increase is 6%.
Media Release: Department of Labour: 20 June 2018 – Minimum Wages Hospitality Sector – http://www.labour.gov.za

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CONTRACT CLEANING SECTOR MINIMUM WAGE

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CONTRACT CLEANING SECTOR MINIMUM WAGE
SECTORAL DETERMINATION 1: CONTRACT CLEANING SECTOR, SOUTH AFRICA

WAGES TABLE: TABLE 1: Minimum hourly rates for Contract Cleaning employees
Metropolitan Councils:

City of Cape Town, Greater East Rand Metro, City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela.

Local Council:

Emfuleni, Merafong, Mogale City, Metsimaholo, Randfontein, Stellenbosch, Westonaria

In KwaZulu-Natal excluding any area covered by a bargaining council In the rest of the RSA
Period Rate per hour Rate per hour Period Rate per hour
01/12/2015

to

30/11/2016

R 18.01 Same rates as prescribed by the bargaining council 01/12/2015

to

30/11/2016

R 16.41
01/12/2016

to

30/11/2017

R 19.38 Same rates as prescribed by the bargaining council 01/12/2016

to

30/11/2017

R 17.66

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DOMESTIC WORKER MINIMUM WAGE

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DOMESTIC WORKER MINIMUM WAGE

DOMESTIC WORKER MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 Wage Tables for the Domestic Worker Sector
Table 1 Minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours per week
Area A
Bergrivier Local Municipality, Breederivier Local Municipality, Buffalo City Local Municipality, Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Cederberg Local Municipality, City of Cape Town, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Ekurhulen Metropolitan Municipality, Emalahleni Local Municipality, Emfuleni Local Municipality, Ethekwini Metropolitan Unicity, Gamagara Local Municipality, George Local Municipality, Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Kgatelopele Local Municipality, Khara Hais Local Municipality, Knysna Local Municipality, Kungwini Local Municipality, Kouga Local Municipality, Langeberg Local Municipality, Lesedi Local Municipality, Makana Local Municipality, Mangaung Local Municipality, Matzikama Local Municipality, Metsimaholo Local Municipality, Middelburg Local Municipality, Midvaal Local Municipality, Mngeni Local Municipality, Mogale Local Municipality, Mosselbaai Local Municipality, Msunduzi Local Municipality, Mtubatu Local Municipality, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Nelson Mandela, Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality, Oudtshoorn Local Municipality, Overstrand Local Municipality, Plettenbergbaai Local Municipality, Potchefstroom Local Municipality, Randfontein Local Municipality, Richtersveld Local Municipality, Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality, Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Swartland Local Municipality, Swellendam Local Municipality, Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Umdoni Local Municipality, uMhlathuze Local Municipality and Witzenberg Local Municipality.
Minimum rates for the period 1 December 2014 to

30 November 2015

Minimum rates for the period 1 December 2015 to

30 November 2016

Minimum rates for the period

1 December 2016 to

30 November 2017

Hourly Rate (R ) 10.59 Hourly Rate (R ) 11.44 Hourly Rate (R ) 12.42
Weekly Rate (R ) 476.68 Weekly Rate (R ) 514.82 Weekly Rate (R ) 559.09
Monthly Rate (R ) 2065.47 Monthly Rate (R ) 2230.70 Monthly Rate (R ) 2422.54
Wages in Area A will be subjected to a CPI plus 1% increase for the period 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017. CPI*** (Headline) six weeks prior to 1 December 2016 has been 6,1%.This means that wages for this period was calculated as follows: CPI (Headline) plus 2.5% for Area A = 6,1% + 2.5% =8.6%.
Area B
Areas not mentioned in Area A
Minimum rates for the period 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 Minimum rates for the period 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016 Minimum rates for the period 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017
Hourly Rate (R ) 9.30 Hourly Rate (R ) 10.23 Hourly Rate (R ) 11.31
Weekly Rate (R ) 418.32 Weekly Rate (R ) 460.15 Weekly Rate (R ) 508.93
Monthly Rate (R ) 1812.57 Monthly Rate(R ) 1993.82 Monthly Rate (R ) 2205.16
Wages in Area B will be subjected to a CPI plus 2% increase for the period 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017. CPI*** (Headline) six weeks prior to 1 December 2016 has been 6,1%.This means that wages for this period was calculated as follows: CPI (Headline) plus 4.5% for Area B = 6,1% + 4.5% =10.6%.

Lowest liveable wage the crux, says Vavi | Labour | BDlive

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UNIONS must ditch any wage talks based on percentage increases, even if they are in the double digits, and instead make a co-ordinated push for a nationwide minimum wage, suspended Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Monday.Speaking in his personal capacity at a National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Numsa rally in Randburg, Mr Vavi said unions should push the state to implement what is calculated to be a minimum liveable salary of R4,500 a month.

“We must talk about money; when unions receive 9% or 7% this is misleading every time, and we are opening the gap between workers and these bosses,” said Mr Vavi.Mr Vavi’s comments to striking workers in the automotive retail sector come during a rancorous strike season that has seen unions push for, and in some cases receive, double-digit increases.Some 70,000 Numsa members in the automotive retail sector, which includes petrol pump attendants, auto-body workers as well as workers in the component manufacturing sector, downed tools on Monday after negotiations with the Fuel Retailers Association and the Retail Motor Industry Organisation deadlocked.

Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim encouraged non-Numsa affiliates to join the strike and said the strike would continue indefinitely, until the union’s demands, for among other things, a double-digit percentage pay increase, were met.Earlier, Numsa spokesman Castro Ngobese said the union was holding marches around the country to urge employers in the sector to return to the negotiating table.Numsa is demanding double-digit increases, improved shift allowances including a night-shift allowance of 20%, and an afternoon shift allowance of 15%.In the vehicle manufacturing sector, Numsa members returned to work on Monday after getting a multi-year double-digit wage increase of 11.5% for this year and 10% for both next year and 2015.

In the gold sector, a strike by the National Union of Mineworkers NUM came to an end on Sunday night, when striking workers at Harmony Gold returned to mineshafts. The NUM had signed off on a wage deal of between 7.5% and 8.5%.Gold producers on Monday reported that all operations across the sector had normalised. But NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka said the union was “unhappy with the propaganda” being put out by producers, saying workers at Harmony Gold operations were still not keen on the revised offer.

via Lowest liveable wage the crux, says Vavi | Labour | BDlive.

BERNAMA – Wage Talks In South Africas Gold Mining Sector Collapse, Strike Looms

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Wage talks in South Africas gold mining sector, held under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration CCMA in Johannesburg, have collapsed and strike action in the sector looms.On Wednesday, the employers, the Chamber of Mines, gave unions a revised offer, which the National Union of Mineworkers NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union Amcu have formally rejected.

The Chamber of Mines had given the unions a 12 pm deadline to either reject or accept the offer. The spokesperson for gold producers, Charmaine Russel, said Thursday the implications of the rejection of the offer by the two unions, could spell disaster for the industry.The NUM has confirmed that their members will embark on industrial action next week.Union Solidarity has accused employers in the gold sector of negotiating in bad faith. It says employers have created the biggest labour relations dispute in the countrys history.

Employers were scheduled to meet with the union Thursday morning to negotiate further but Solidaritys General Secretary, Gideon du Plessis, said they were made to wait for two hours and were later issued with a certificate of non-resolution without any explanation.Meanwhile, workers at Petra Diamond Mine in Kimberley in Northern Cape Province have become the latest group to down tools on Thursday. They are demanding a 15 per cent salary increase while management is offering 10 per cent.More than 250 NUM members picketed outside the mine, while brandishing placards and trade mark sticks.Thursdays strike action came after talks between the workers and management deadlocked last week.NUMs Kimberley branch chairperson Michael Mabele said the workers were looking for 6,500 Rand about 629 USD as a minimum wage, 100 per cent medical aid and then again 15 per cent for those who are already on the R6,500 scale, but the employer had rejected the proposed terms.

The mines communications manager, Gert Klopper, said the strike had negatively affected production. Klopper said whenever there was industrial action it would impact on operations and they did not have exact numbers available now.Whatever strike action the unions embark upon will affect operations and there will be a major impact on the economy, he said.

via BERNAMA – Wage Talks In South Africas Gold Mining Sector Collapse, Strike Looms.

Not all peachy on farm jobs front | Business | Mail & Guardian

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Last week, media outlets reported on new data showing that expectations of massive agricultural job losses following the implementation of a R105 daily minimum wage were unfounded.The labour department announced the 52% increase in the minimum wage, effective from March 1 2013, following massive unrest that swept the Western Cape agricultural sector late last year and early this year.According to Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey, agricultural employment declined by 26 000 jobs between the first and second quarters of this year.That amounts to a 3.5% contraction, which seems mild compared with the alarming predictions. These included a study by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy, which argued that most farmers would not be able to afford the increase.However, quarter-on-quarter changes are misleading in an industry that is subject to major seasonal fluctuations. The number of agriculture jobs ebbs and flows with the cycle of the harvest.Second quarters typically see a large decline from the first quarter — in 2012, agricultural employment shrank by 18 000 jobs during that period, or 2.7%.Employment up year on yearTo obtain a more accurate picture of trends in agricultural employment, we need to look at year-on-year changes — the number of jobs at a certain point compared with the same time the previous year.

Agricultural jobs actually grew by 74 000 between the second quarters of 2012 and 2013, making it the second-fastest-growing sector in the economy after utilities.A study by economists at the University of Cape Town’s development policy research unit found that the implementation of a minimum wage for agriculture in 2003 had a negative effect on employment.However, subsequent work by the same unit argued that minimum wages did not lead to job losses in other sectors. The latest labour force survey figures could prove that the situation in agriculture has changed — and that the new minimum wage will not destroy jobs. There are caveats to consider before endorsing this conclusion, however. The university study found that, whereas minimum wage legislation had lifted average wages, up to 60% of workers still earned below the legal requirement in 2007. After the most recent minimum wage hike, trade unionists are reporting that many farmers have been attempting to avoid or pass on the increases.

Some workers were reportedly coerced into signing agreements stating that they will accept less than the new minimum wage — typically R85 a day — in return for keeping their jobs. Other farmers have simply passed on the increases through higher rent, electricity and food charges for on-farm workers. Farmers who applied for exemptions may have avoided paying the higher wage in the interim. Therefore, before contending that minimum wages have not had the predicted effect on employment, we would need to know what has actually happened to farmworker wages.

Much of rural South Africa remains the domain of baasskap the “boss” mentality, where modern labour standards and regulations hold little purchase and legislated increases carry no guarantee of actually affecting wage levels. The dismal state of the labour department and the woefully inadequate number of inspectors suggests that workers will have to organise themselves to secure gains that push employers below expected profit margins or challenge entrenched social relations.

via Not all peachy on farm jobs front | Business | Mail & Guardian.

allAfrica.com: South Africa: Sactwu Commences Clothing Industry Wage Strike Ballot

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The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers Union SACTWU has commenced a national wage strike ballot in the clothing industry, after conciliation failed to resolve the unions wage dispute.The main issue in dispute with clothing employers is their demand that the union agrees to the introduction of a new minimum wage, to be set at 80% of the prescribed minimum rate, without any conditions.Further, some clothing employer associations now want to renege on an agreement reached last year to narrow the metro vs non-metro areas wage gap to 71% with effect from 1 September this year.We cannot accept these conditions, as it would effectively amount to a 20% wage cut and, in addition, roll back what was already agreed last year. We must negotiate for better employment conditions for our members, not worse.The ballot started on 1st August in the Western Cape and from Monday this week in other provinces. Strike balloting is not a requirement of the Labour Relations Act LRA. However, SACTWU always voluntarily ballots its members before embarking on any wage strike action. It is part of our internal policy of worker control on critical organisational matters.The union has set itself a target to ballot 40 000 clothing workers over a 3 week period. As at close of business yesterday, we have strike-balloted 9 771 workers in 75 factories nationally.

via allAfrica.com: South Africa: Sactwu Commences Clothing Industry Wage Strike Ballot.