The government will have to draft new legislation to ensure that the national minimum wage is effectively implemented, researchers argue in a new report published on Thursday. The report, compiled by the University of Cape Town’s labour and enterprise policy research group, explored three options for introducing the national minimum wage into existing legislative framework. National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) members have been discussing the minimum wage for the past 18 months under the guidance of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. The national minimum wage is expected to uplift more than 5-million workers who earn below the R3,500 monthly threshold. It will be implemented from May 2018. Sectoral determinations and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act currently govern working conditions and the regulation of wages. The researchers examined a dedicated statute for the national minimum wage. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act "would continue to provide a fl...
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