National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018)

In these Regulations any expression that is defined in the Act has that meaning and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Act"

means the National Minimum Wage Act, No. 9 of 2018;

"bargaining council"

means a bargaining council registered in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and, in relation to the public service, includes the bargaining councils referred to in section 35 of that Act;

"delegated authority"

means the Director-General: Labour or an employee in the public service to whom the Minister has given the power to grant exemptions in terms of section 15(3) of the Act read with section 85 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997);

"exemption notice"

means the notice contemplated in regulation 2(8);

"National Minimum Wage Exemption System"

means the online exemption process contemplated in regulation 6;

"registered employers’ organisation"

means an employers’ organization registered in terms of section 96 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act 66 of 1995);

"representative trade union"

means a registered trade union or two or more registered trade unions acting jointly, that are sufficiently representative of the employees employed by an employer in the work place.