Minimum wages increase
With effect from 1 April 2012, the minimum wage applicable to forestry workers will increase by 11.8%, to R1 428.70 per month. Details below:
| Period | 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 |
1 April 2012 - 31 March 2013 |
| Per Month | R 1 278.03 | R 1 428.70 |
| Per Week | R 294.95 | R 329.72 |
| Per Hour | R 6.55 | R 7.32 |
The Department of Labour has given notice that the minimum wage for forestry workers will be aligned with the minimum wage applicable to agriculture workers over the three-year wage cycle beginning in April 2012.
In year one of the new cycle (commencing 1 April 2012), the forestry wage will be 95% of that of the agricultural minimum of R1 503.90 per month, in year two, 98% and in year three, 100%.
With effect from 1 March 2012, the minimum wage applicable to agricultural workers will increase by 8.5%.
| Period | 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 |
1 April 2012 - 31 March 2013 |
| Per Month | R 1 375.94 | R 1 503.90 |
| Per Week | R 317.51 | R 347.10 |
| Per Hour | R 7.04 | R 7.71 |
Forestry SA's Roger Godsmark reports that employers can apply to the Department of Labour for a temporary exemption from these new rates should they be able to prove to the Department's satisfaction that they cannot afford them.
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