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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: NEW HOURLY RATES IN FORCE FROM 1 MARCH 2024
- 02 February 2024
- Labour Law
- SA Legal Academy
The Department of Employment & Labour has increased the national minimum wage for every ordinary hour worked by R2,16 to R27.58 – effective from 1 March 2024. The new rate will also apply to farm and domestic employees, while expanded public works programme participants should expect to be paid at least R15.16 per hour from the same date.
The Government Gazette notice announcing these adjustments includes schedules prescribing:
- minimum learnership allowances per National Qualification Framework level
- minimum hourly rates for contract cleaning sector employees (differentiating between KwaZulu-Natal and the remainder of South Africa), and
- minimum wages for wholesale and retail sector employees per area and job category.
According to a Department of Employment & Labour media statement issued a day after the Government Gazette notice, the national minimum wage ‘does not include (the) payment of allowances (such as transport, tools, food or accommodation), payments in kind (board or lodging), tips, bonuses ... (or) gifts’.
Please click the links below for more information:
- Government Gazette notice
- media statement
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch