Comply with minimum wage act or be shamed warns government
According to the Department of Labour the purpose of the national minimum wage is to advance economic development and social justice by improving the wages of the lowest paid workers.
NAMES of employers who fail to comply with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act will be published on the Department of Labour’s website.
“Shaming such employers will ensure they are recognised as people intent on defying the state. This will go on to ensure that they will not be able to do business with government,” the Department’s Chief for Statutory Services Fikiswa Mncanca said on Wednesday.
The purpose of the NMW, according to the department, is to advance economic development and social justice by improving the wages of the lowest paid workers, protecting workers from unreasonable low wages.
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The Act, which came into effect on 01 January 2019, stipulates that R20 is the minimum rate workers should earn per hour. For farm and forestry worker is R18 per hour, domestic workers R15 per hour and for Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) is R11.00 per hour.
On Tuesday, the department announced that they will undertake a national blitz to assess levels of NMW Act, at businesses – with special focus on the wholesale and retail sectors as they have been identified as some of the problematic sectors.
About 1 392 inspectors have been assigned to monitor compliance
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