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The Transvaal Agricultural Union need to understand that farm-workers are not slaves and the National Minimum Wage is not optional
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Labour Minister fails to increase overtime threshold adequately
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Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, failed to adequately address the threshold of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) by only implementing a mere 3 % increase (R6 163).
The Minister announced in the Government Gazette published last night that the threshold will increase from R205 433.30 per year to R211 596.30 per annum with effect of 1 March 2021.
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The increase in the national minimum wage, with effect from March 1, is likely to lead to further job losses in the agricultural sector.
Agricultural organisations said employers might not be able to absorb these increases, and if they did, this could mean an increase in food prices.
Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi announced on Tuesday that the national minimum wage for each ordinary hour worked had been increased from R20.76 to R21.69.
The special dispensation for farmworkers has now been done away with. The minimum wage for farmworkers will now be equalised with the other sectors, from R18.69 per hour to R21.69 per hour.