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

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 13 : Farm Worker Sector, South Africa

Part B : Minimum Wages

3. Minimum wages for farm workers under 18 years of age

 

(1) An employer must pay a farm worker who is 15 years of age or older, but less than 18 and who works for 35 hours per week or less at least the hourly rate, specified in Table 1.

 

Table 1: Minimum wages for employees in the Farm worker 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

Daily

Hourly

Monthly

Weekly

Hourly

 

Monthly

Weekly

Hourly

R2 778.83

R641.32

R128.26*

R14.25

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

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

*   For an employee who works 9 hours per day.

**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 13, clause 3(1), Table 1, substituted by Notice No. 137 of 2016, GG 39648 dated 3 February 2016]

 

 

 

 

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

2018 Wage Table