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

Schedules

Schedule 1 : National Minimum Wage
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1. Subject to item 2, the national minimum wage is R27,58 for each ordinary hour worked.

[Schedule 1(1) substituted by section 1 of Notice. No. R.4331, GG50073, dated 2 February 2024 - effective 1 March 2024]

 

2. Despite item 1—
(a) farm workers are entitled to a minimum wage of R27,58 per hour;
(b) domestic workers are entitled to a minimum wage of R27,58 per hour;
(c) workers employed on an expanded public works programme are entitled to a minimum wage of R15,16 per hour; and
(d) workers who have concluded learnership agreements contemplated in section 17 of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998), are entitled to the allowances contained in Schedule 2.

[Schedule 1(2) substituted by section 1 of Notice. No. R.4331, GG50073, dated 2 February 2024 - effective 1 March 2024]

 

3. For the purposes of item 2—

 

"farm worker" means a worker who is employed mainly or wholly in connection with farming or forestry activities, and includes a domestic worker employed in a home on a farm or forestry environment and a security guard on a farm or other agricultural premises, excluding a security guard employed in the private security industry in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001);

 

"domestic worker"’ means a worker who performs domestic work in a private household and who receives, or is entitled to receive, a wage and includes—

(a) a gardener;
(b) a person employed by a household as a driver of a motor vehicle;
(c) a person who takes care of children, the aged, the sick, the frail or the disabled; and
(d) domestic workers employed or supplied by employment services; and

 

"expanded public works programme" means a programme to provide public or community services through a labour intensive programme determined by the Minister in terms of section 50 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and funded from public resources.