Thobile Lamati says government will press ahead with changes to the national minimum wage
Parliamentary portfolio committee forced to cancel a meeting to discuss the national minimum wage after disruptions
Objections to the draft national minimum wage bill by the Wits University National Minimum Wage Research Initiative are "bordering on delusion", according to labour department director general Thobile Lamati. Lamati dismissed the concerns raised by the research group in a detailed media statement on Wednesday, saying it undermined the "intelligence" of the parliamentary portfolio committee on labour and implied the department acted "insolently". On Monday, the Wits think tank said the department has undermined and weakened some sections of the bill by not correctly reflecting the resolutions of the parliamentary portfolio committee on labour. It said that among other issues, the drafting of the sections on the retention of sectoral determinations was weak. The department said that contrary to what the research group said, it had worked fairly with all social partners to craft the bills. Labour Federation Cosatu’s parliamentary officer Matthew Parks told Business Day that it was "hap...
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