Domestic workers: Adjustment of minimum pay

LABOUR Minister Mildred Oliphant has adjusted domestic workers’ annual wages in line with the new minimum wage, her office said yesterday. The new sectoral determination of domestic workers starting from December 1, 2014, to November 30, 2015, prescribes the minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours per week. In major metropolitan areas, domestic workers have an hourly rate of R10.95, the weekly rate is R476.68 and the monthly rate is R2 065.47. Domestic workers outside major metros have an hourly rate of R9.30, weekly R418.32, and monthly R1 812.57. Minimum wages for domestic workers working 27 ordinary hours per week or less were also adjusted. For those in metropolitan areas the hourly rate is R12.40, weekly R334.74 and monthly R1 450.33. – Sapa