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Increase in minimum wage for hospitality workers

Published On: August 11th, 2016

On 10 June 2016, the Minister of Labour published an amendment to the minimum wage for Sectoral Determination 14 which regulates the Hospitality sector in South Africa. The Amendment became effective on 1 July 2016 and will remain in effect until 30 June 2017.

The amendments are set out below.

MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYERS WITH 10 OR LESS EMPLOYEES

	2013 – 2014	1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017
Monthly Rate	R2415.86	R2959.35
Weekly Rate	R557.55	R682.97
Hourly Rate	R12.39	R15.17

MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYERS MORE THAN 10 EMPLOYEES

	2013 – 2014	1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017
Monthly Rate	R2692.74	R3298.52
Weekly Rate	R621.45	R761.25
Hourly Rate	R13.81	R16.91

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