National Minimum Wage Parity

The report argues against maintaining lower National Minimum Wage levels for domestic workers, farmworkers, and expanded public works programme (EPWP) workers, stating there is no compelling evidence to justify this disparity.

• Prior to the implementation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), the domestic, farm, and expanded public works programme (EPWP) sectors were characterized as ultra-low wage sectors with very low statutory minimum wages. The report suggests these workers likely continue to earn very low wages, potentially due to the lower NMW level, although current wage data is not publicly available.
• The report asserts that there is no compelling evidence to justify keeping the wages of EPWP workers, farm workers, and domestic workers at a lower level than the general NMW, and argues for the continuous improvement of their working conditions and wages.

APA

iej_admin (2019). National Minimum Wage Parity. Institute for Economic Justice. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/national-minimum-wage-parity/

Chicago

iej_admin. National Minimum Wage Parity. Institute for Economic Justice, 2019. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/national-minimum-wage-parity/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{iejadmin2019national, author = {iej\_admin}, title = {{National Minimum Wage Parity}}, institution = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2019}, month = nov, url = {https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/national-minimum-wage-parity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }