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Read MoreThe Department of Labour announced on 28 January 2015 that Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has upwardly adjusted the minimum wage of farm workers with effect from 1 March 2015 until 28 February 2016. In terms of the new...
Read MoreDuring a workshop on a national minimum wage this week Parliament’s labour committee was told that the agricultural sector was trending towards fewer but more highly skilled and more highly paid employees due to mechanisation...
Read MoreI support the action brought by Herman Mashaba that seeks to ensure small businesses are not bound by decisions of national bargaining councils, mostly dominated by big business and big labour. This system is patently unfair...
Read MoreEvery worker has the ‘right to strike’ [s 23(2)(c) of the Constitution] but ‘strike’ is not defined. One dictionary defines a strike as ‘a situation in which a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied...
Read MoreTo illustrate the importance of applying labour law correctly, in 2012 the annual earnings of government ministers were R2,006,292 and the public service minimum pay was R59,226. Ministers earned 34 times more than entry-level...
Read More‘If we are serious about land reform and prosperity for victims of apartheid, we should switch the spotlight on farmers off and turn the stage lights on to shine brightly on all South Africans’. The Minister of Labour has...
Read MoreTraditionally farming was regarded as a type of protected sector. Many employees and their families were housed on the farms. Various additional benefits were provided by the farmers. This all changed when those employees...
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Read More“The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy research says that R105 a day is the maximum level that agriculture can afford. You can’t set the entry-level (wage) at the maximum”. Agri SA president Johan Moller...
Read MoreWe farmed cattle and sheep part-time on a family farm for more than five years from about 1986 to 1991. It became apparent even then that the days of the private farmer were rapidly coming to an end. I heard on Cape Talk...
Read MoreAccording to a report in the Cape Times today it is possible that the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) will recommend adjusted minimum wage rates for approval by the Minister of Labour before 1 March 2013. According to...
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