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Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 12 : Forestry Sector, South Africa

Part B : Minimum Wages

2. Minimum wage levels

 

(1) With effect from 1 March 2016, an employer must pay a forestry worker at least the minimum wage prescribed in terms of table 1.

 

(2) An employer must pay a forestry worker who works 45 ordinary hours of work per week—
(a) at least the weekly or monthly wage set out in Table 1; or
(b) by agreement between the employer and the forestry worker, at least an hourly rate set out in Table 1 for every hour or part of an hour that the forestry worker works.

 

Table 1: Minimum wages for employees in the Forestry Sector

Minimum rate for the period

Minimum rate for the period

Minimum rate for the period

1 March 2016

to

28 February 2017

1 March 2017

to

28 February 2018

1 March 2018

to

28 February 2019

Monthly

Weekly

Hourly

Monthly

Weekly

Hourly

Monthly

Weekly

Hourly

R2 778.83

R641.32

R14.25

Previous year's minimum wage + CPI * +1%

Previous year's minimum wage + CPI * +1%

* The CPI to be utilised is the available CPI excluding owners' equivalent rent as released by Statistics South Africa six weeks prior to the increment date.

 

[Sectoral Determination 12, Clause 2, Table 1, substituted by Notice No. 138 of 2016, GG 39648, dated 3 February 2016]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NB. The following Table 1 has been issued by Department of Labour for 2018/2019]

Forestry sector 2018 minimum wage table