Pay rise for domestic workers
23 November 2015 - 02:10
The minimum wage for domestic workers will increase next month but "far too many" employers are still paying below last year's rates. "Out of 100 households, you get at least 20 who are paying below last year's minimum wage," said the general secretary of the SA Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union, Myrtle Witbooi.She said the minimum wage for domestic workers in cities had increased from last year's R2065.47 to R2230.70.Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant recently announced that domestic workers' wages would be adjusted with effect from December 1.Witbooi said it was difficult to bring defaulting employers to book...
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