About 200 employees claimed management had failed to meet their demands of higher minimum salaries and permanent employment for workers on contract
Two problems loom large in the implementation of the national minimum wage. One is compliance, the other redress.
It is bonkers to pretend that an individual worker has the freedom to negotiate a fair
wage for herself.
The ANC has identified sections of the economy where it will instruct the government to intervene.
To strengthen it, the minimum wage must be linked to other policies and interventions.
The labour department will challenge the plan for an independent commission on decent work.
Youth face being part of the ‘working poor’ but a minimum wage of R4 500 could change that
Brazil demonstrated that the deliberate use of their NMW to break the poverty and inequality barriers led to a sustained reduction in those levels.
The deputy president responds to questions on the minimum wage and the relationship between the legislature and executive in the National Assembly.
In contemporary SA, the gap between current wages and a living wage is vast and simply too large to be bridged in a short time, writes Imraan Valodia.
We must address the legacy of apartheid and abolish the slave wage economy we have inherited.
Will a minimum wage lead to higher incomes but less work? We speak to those in the trenches.
The minimum wage won’t include community health workers, whose earnings are already paltry.
It shouldn’t surprise us that CEOs earn far more than workers, but what should is that CEOs have now become part of activism culture in South Africa.
Research shows that SA’s young adults place great value on working, with many taking jobs that pay well below a fair wage.
But those people are the most vulnerable and there will be ever-fewer semiskilled jobs.
Work is finally beginning on establishing a national minimum wage, which could lift about 5.5-million workers out of poverty.
Companies that suddenly find themselves having to pay higher wages may decide to invest in labour-saving technology.
While business backs a minimum wage, the effect on the economy is a matter of concern.
Labour wants to improve the income of low-paid workers, but business has warned against instituting a minimum wage in an adverse economic climate.
There is a broad acceptance on the need to introduce a national minimum wage, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said over the weekend.
As the president’s State of the Nation address draws near, the federation is asking for extra government spending to boost the ailing economy.
Cosatu’s proposed minimum is being taken seriously because of its place in government.
A minimum wage is set to be discussed at a labour relations indaba, convened by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, on November 4.
Politicians and researchers remain deeply divided over the merits and cons of a national minimum wage.
In an apparent effort to brush up his reputation among workers, deputy President Ramaphosa is proposing something that already exists.
Business and labour are at loggerheards over Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans to introduce a mandatory salary ‘floor’ for workers.
Correcting the trends entrenching South Africa’s inequality will take more than polarised rhetoric.
SA farmers are "mechanising" to avoid labour legislation, such as higher minimum wages for farmworkers, and land claims, say reports.
Workers should be paid a minimum of R4 500 a month, the Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has said.