{"id":104309,"date":"2015-11-16T16:28:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=104309"},"modified":"2015-11-17T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T14:29:55","slug":"you-will-have-to-pay-your-domestic-worker-more-from-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/104309\/you-will-have-to-pay-your-domestic-worker-more-from-december\/","title":{"rendered":"You will have to pay your domestic worker more from December"},"content":{"rendered":"

The department of labour has increased the minimum wage payable to domestic workers – which will kick in from 1 December 2015 until 30 November 2016.<\/p>\n

Department minister Mildred Oliphant announced that in terms of Sectoral Determination 1: the minimum wages will be adjusted upwards for employees in Area A and Area B.<\/p>\n

Area A refers to large metropolitan municipalities and built up areas and suburbs – Area B is all other municipalities. The full list can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the new minimum wages:<\/p>\n

Domestic workers who work 27 ordinary hours a week or more<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Minimum<\/th>\nArea A<\/th>\nArea B<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hourly Rate<\/td>\nR11.44<\/td>\nR10.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weekly Rate<\/td>\nR514.82<\/td>\nR460.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Rate<\/td>\nR2 230.70<\/td>\nR1 993.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Domestic workers who work less than 27 ordinary hours a week<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Minimum<\/th>\nArea A<\/th>\nArea B<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hourly rate<\/td>\nR13.39<\/td>\nR12.07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weekly Rate<\/td>\nR361.50<\/td>\nR325.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Rate<\/td>\nR1 566.35<\/td>\nR1 412.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

To put the minimum figures into perspective, research from the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand showed that\u00a0the estimated cost of essential food and non-food items needed to survive is R1,319 for one person<\/strong> \u2013 and R5,276 for a household of four<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Previous research showed that as many as 45% of workers are paid below the established minimum wage.<\/p>\n

It is only the minimum wages that will increase, and is not a legislated general wage increase.<\/p>\n

Employers of domestic workers who already pay those workers above the new legislated minimums are under no obligation to increase their workers\u2019 wages.<\/p>\n

More on South Africa<\/h3>\n

Why South Africa needs a national minimum wage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

How much money you should pay your domestic worker in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

How much money South Africans pay their domestic workers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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