The department of employment & labour will not use a “hammer” to deal with employers who do not adhere to labour legislation, including regarding the national minimum wage, opting instead to persuade offenders, minister Thulas Nxesi says.
Nxesi, a former trade unionist, announced in his budget vote address last week that the implementation of the national minimum wage did not lead to wholesale retrenchments, as forecast by some analysts and lobby groups, and that there was in fact high compliance with the legislation, which kicked in on January 1. ..
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