Minimum wage law will miss May 1 deadline
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says the high volume of public submissions makes implementation date impossible
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant confirmed on Monday evening that it will not be possible to implement the new minimum wage legislation on the envisaged date of May 1 because the parliamentary process will not be completed by then. The minister updated media on progress on the National Minimum Wage Bill, the Labour Relations Amendment Bill and the Basic Conditions of Employment Bill being considered by Parliament’s portfolio committee on labour. Oliphant said that the bills were highly contested and “it has become apparent that the ambition for the National Minimum Wage Bill to become law by May 1 2018 may not be practical given the high volumes of public submissions. “We are also aware of a number of important issues that are being raised in these public hearings which Parliament will have to consider as part of concluding the bills. We stand ready to take instructions from the parliamentary process.” The bills, the minister said, were now under the authority of Parliament and the ...
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