News / E-Bulletin
Oct 10,2018
By: Jacques van Wyk, Director and Andre Van Heerden, Senior Associate and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney
The National Minimum Wage Bill (“the NMW Bill”), which was published on 17 November 2017, provides, among others, that the new national minimum wage will be:
The calculation of the minimum wage will exclude:
It is contemplated that the minimum wage will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Section 15 of the NMW Bill provides, further, that an employer or employer’s organisation may apply for an exemption. An exemption granted in terms of the section must specify the period for which it is granted, which may not be longer than one year, the wage that the employer is required to pay the workers and any other relevant condition.
Section 16 of the NMW Bill, in turn, provides that the Minister of Labour may make regulations relating to such exemptions. On 7 February 2018, the Department of Labour announced that they were finalising the drafting of exemption regulations. The regulations will include the procedure for obtaining exemptions, the information to be submitted with an exemption application, the obligation on employers to consult with employees or their trade unions on exemption applications, the criteria for evaluating exemptions, the period within which an application must be made, the period within which a decision on an exemption application must be made and any other matter which may be prescribed.
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