Question NW636 to the Minister of Employment and Labour
19 March 2021 - NW636
Mkhonto, Ms C N to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether he has done any compliance assessment with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act, Act 9 of 2018, since it became effective; if not, why not; if so, what (a) sectors has he found are not complying with the national minimum wage and (b) steps has he taken to ensure that they comply?
Reply:
The Department has compliance assessment to determine compliance with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018. For the 2019/20 a total number of 134 964 inspections were conducted
a) The following sectors were found not have complied with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage:
• Community
• Wholesale & Retail
• Hospitality
• Private Security
• Domestic
(b) Those not complying were issued with the statutory non-compliance notice (undertaking/compliance orders). Those that did not comply with the terms of the compliance notices were referred for prosecution, at the expiry of the notice.