Domestic workers wages to go up on 1 December
The minimum wages for domestic workers and contract cleaning staff will go up on the first of December.
The Department of Labour says the wage adjustments are in line with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
Domestic workers include housekeepers, gardeners, nannies, domestic drivers among others.
The hourly rate for domestic workers who are employed in metros and work 27 hour ordinary hour or more will be R12.42 while the weekly rate is R559.09.
Helpers in big cities who work less that 27 hours a week must be paid an hourly rate of R14.54 or a weekly rate of weekly rate R392.58.
The increase will be applicable until 30 November next year - ending the current three-year wage cycle.
The department's Mokgadi Pela says both domestic workers and contract cleaning staff are considered as vulnerable - and therefore such determinations are needed.
The Department of Labour said the new sectoral determination of domestic workers prescribes that the minimum wages for domestic workers who work more than 27 ordinary hours per week will earn as follows:
Area A (those in major metropolitan areas) will earn R12.42 (R11.44: 2015/2016) hourly rate, R559.09 (R514.82: 2015/2016 ) weekly rate and R2422.54 (R2230.70: 2015/2016) monthly rate.
Area B (those not mentioned in Area A) R11.31 (R10.23: 2015/2016) hourly rate, R508.93 (R460.15: 2015/2016) weekly rate and R2205.17 (R1993.82: 2015/2016) monthly rate.
While the Minimum wages for domestic workers from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 who work 27 ordinary hours per week or less is as follows:
Area A (those in major metropolitan areas) is R14.54 (R13.39: 2015/2016) hourly rate, R392.58 (R361.50: 2015/2016) weekly rate and R1701.06 (R1566.35: 2015/2016) monthly rate.
Area B (those not mentioned in Area A) R13.53 (R12.07: 2015/2016) hourly rate, R360.54 (R325.98: 2015/2016) weekly rate and R1562.21 (R1412.49: 2015/2016) monthly rate.