NOTE: If the CPI in respect of the month of June of the applicable year exceeds the percentage increase the higher percentage shall apply.

The following minimum wages shall be paid by an employer to each of the employees of the classes specified in the following wage schedules. No employee shall accept a wage lower than that specified for his/her class in such area.

The minimum weekly rates prescribed for operatives Grades 4 & 5 hereunder shall be increased by R 5.00 per week if the employee at any time in the course of his duties sets and adjusts the machine he operates.

The minimum weekly wage prescribed for an operative supervisor in the Schedule hereunder shall be increased by R10 per week if the employee at any time in the course of his duties checks the work of operative classes of workers and uses measuring instruments in the process.

'Experience', for the purposes of this clause, means the total period or periods of employment which an employee has had either with his present or any other employer in the particular occupation in which he is employed.

(a)Minimum wages from 7 February 2011 to 31 August 2011

(b)Minimum wages from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012

(c)Minimum wages from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013