Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - South Africa (Ratification: 1932)

Other comments on C026

Observation

Direct Request

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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Scope of minimum wage fixing machinery. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the deliberation of the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) concerning a possible sectoral determination for the welfare sector has not yet been completed, one of the difficulties being the implications of the establishment of a minimum wage in a sector where employment is fundamentally premised on volunteerism. The Government also indicates that the investigation for a possible determination for the unskilled sector is planned for 2014–15. The Government further adds that a proposed amendment to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is currently before the Parliament with a view to creating the legal framework for the establishment of a possible determination that would cut across different economic sectors. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of future developments on these matters.