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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE HIKED BY 9.62%
28 February 2023
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The Department of Employment & Labour has published the new National Minimum Wage for SA, reports BusinessTech.
The minimum wage will be hiked by 9.62% for the year, taking the going rate to R25.42 (up R2.23 from R23.19 before).
Farm workers will earn a minimum in line with the rate, as will domestic workers. However, workers employed in expanded
public works programmes will be entitled to a lower rate at R13.97 per hour. The new minimum wage means that domestic
workers in SA should see a 9.6% pay hike. Calculated at 8 hours a day, the monthly wage for domestic workers (160
hours a month) should increase from around R3 700 to R4 100 – an increase of R400. According to the department,
however, most jobs earning the minimum wage will see their wages increase to R1 144 a week (45 hours) or R4 957 a
month (195 hours). The increase to the minimum wage came in higher than initially expected. When the department started
consultations on the increase, it was planning for a hike of around 8%, slightly ahead of CPI, which has been sitting above
7% for the past few months, only dropping to 6.9% in January. CPI is expected to average between 5% and 6% this year.
Source: Legalbrief Today, 22 February 2023
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