To provide for a national minimum wage; to establish the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the composition and functions of the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the review and annual adjustment of the national minimum wage; to provide for exemption from paying the national minimum wage; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Last update: February 2024
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Latest Developments:
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018), has been updated with Amendments to Schedules 1 & 2 of the Act and Sectoral Determination 1: Contract Cleaning Sector and Sectoral Determination 9: Wholesale and Retail Sector under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 1997- effective 1 March 2024, as per Notice No. R.4331 of GG50073 dated 2 February 2024.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018), has been updated with Amendments to Schedules 1 & 2 of the Act and Sectoral Determination 1: Contract Cleaning Sector and Sectoral Determination 9: Wholesale and Retail Sector- effective 1 March 2023, as per Notice No. 3069 of GG48094 dated 21 February 2023.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018), has been updated with Amendments to the national minimum wages in Schedules 1 & 2 of the Act and Sectoral Determination 1: Contract Cleaning Sector and Sectoral Determination 9: Wholesale and Retail Sector- effective 1 March 2022, as per Notice No. 1732 of GG45882 dated 7 February 2022.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018) has been updated with Amendments to Schedules 1 & 2 as per Notice No. R. 76 of GG44136 dated 8 February 2021.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018) has been updated with Amendments to Schedules 1 & 2 of the Act : Increase in Wages as per Notice No. R. 175 of GG43026 dated 17 February 2020.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018) has been updated by Regulations, Regulations to the National Minimum Wage, 2018 as per Notice No. 1401 of GG42124 dated 19 December 2018.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018) has been updated by Notices, Commencement of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 as per Notice No. R. 1378 of GG42104 dated 12 December 2018.
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018) has been added to the website as per Notice No. 1030 of GG42060 dated 27 November 2018.