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ARTICLE · 12 MARCH 2013

Exemptions From The Minimum Wage For Farm Workers: A How-To Guide

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Certain parts of the Western Cape's farming industry have been adversely impacted by a number of strikes during the latter portion of 2012 and the early part of 2013.

South AfricaEmployment and HR
Jacques Van Wyk
Jacques Van Wyk
Michiel Heyns
Michiel Heyns

Certain parts of the Western Cape's farming industry have been adversely impacted by a number of strikes during the latter portion of 2012 and the early part of 2013. The strikes and protest actions were ostensibly in support of a demand for an increase in the daily wage of farming employees, from R69 a day to R150 a day.

A new minimum wage of R105 per day was introduced in the Government Gazette No 36115 on 5 February 2013 ("the new minimum wage"). The Gazette also amended the minimum wage provisions contained within Sectoral Determination 13, Farm Workers Sector, South Africa ("the sectoral determination") of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (as amended) ("the BCEA").

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