New minimum wage for farm, forestry employees

The Department of Labour says the new minimum wages for employees in the farm and forestry sectors are set to increase by 5.6%.

24 Jan 2018

New minimum wage for farm, forestry employees

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The new minimum wages will come into effect from 1 March 2018.

The minimum wage will increase to R3,169.19 per month, up from the R3,001.13 in 2017/18.

The weekly minimum wage will be R731.41.

The daily minimum wage for these employees will be R146.28 and the hourly minimum wage will be R16.25 an increase from R15.39 in 2017/18.

Source: SAnews.gov.za

SAnews.gov.za is a South African government news service, published by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). SAnews.gov.za (formerly BuaNews) was established to provide quick and easy access to articles and feature stories aimed at keeping the public informed about the implementation of government mandates.

Go to: http://www.sanews.gov.za

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