Above inflation minimum wage hikes are coming

[BusinessTech]

Above inflation minimum wage hikes are coming

The National Minimum Wage Commission has outlined its three-year plan.

 

[Pax]

The reality is contained in this paragraph:
"Legal experts have argued that the national minimum wage itself is mostly smoke and mirrors. Firstly, the wage is not a living wage in South Africa – and secondly, it disincentivises businesses from hiring new employees due to the cost and the stringent labour laws that often protect workers over employers."

 

[RedViking]

It's official: SA's lowest paid must get above-inflation wage increases in the coming years

Many of South Africa's domestic workers, and other groups paid the bare legal minimum, will see above-inflation increases in coming years in terms of a new plan. On Monday, the National Minimum Wage Commission gazetted a new medium-term target for the minimum wage, fulfilling a legislative...

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