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7 months ago
Can minimum wages help reduce poverty under low compliance?
A study found that the 2013 hike reduced poverty in South Africa’s agricultural sector despite poor compliance.
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2 years ago
RESOURCE: Bargaining Benchmarks | June 2023
This is a vital resource for trade union negotiators that want to enter bargaining processes as informed role players.
Bargaining Benchmarks | June 2023
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for trade union negotiators in South Africa.
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2 years ago
A review of minimum wages and conditions at work
In a new target, the National Minimum Wage Commission says the lowest-paid workers must get pay rises above inflation.
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2 years ago
What a 7.5% wage increase means for the lowest paid worker in the public sector
Public sector workers will continue to have a hard time making ends meet. The increase is only 0.5% above the current rate of inflation.
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3 years ago
What you need to know about negotiating better conditions at work
A framework for negotiating conditions at work, no matter where the workplace is located, no matter what the status of workers, and no matter how unorganised workers are.
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3 years ago
National minimum wage: Domestic workers reached equalisation. Now what?
This month domestic workers earned the national minimum wage after a long struggle for equalisation. “What we now need is enough follow-through,” says Pinky Mashiane, Founder and United Domestic Workers of South Africa. Read more…
Bargaining Benchmarks | March 2021
Bargaining Benchmarks is a resource for role players in collective bargaining in South Africa.
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4 years ago
Questions and answers about the national minimum wage review – An interview with Trenton Elsely, Commissioner, National Minimum Wage Commission
“The minimum wage is a victory for ultra-low wage workers. We have an established floor where there was none before, and we can raise that floor and ensure that no worker is left behind,” says Trenton Elsely, Commissioner, National Minimum Wage Commission.
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5 years ago
National Minimum Wage Commission Progress Report
Key insights, challenges, progress and prospects of the national minimum wage in South Africa.
A report of proceedings of the national minimum wage commission in South Africa
Trenton Elsely, LRS Executive Director and member of the National Minimum Wage Commission, reports on the proceedings of the oversight body.
Bargaining Indicators | 2019
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
The national minimum wage | How to fight low pay in South Africa
Trade unions in many countries have seized on the National Minimum Wage as a powerful weapon against low pay.
Bargaining Indicators | 2017
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2016
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2015
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2014
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2011
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2009
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2008
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2007
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2005
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
Bargaining Indicators | 2004
Bargaining Indicators provides trade union negotiators with economic indicators and benchmarks useful for developing bargaining strategies.
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7 years ago
National Minimum Wage
National minimum wage campaign – because work should lift you out of poverty, not keep you there. LRS has a long history participating in the minimum wage debate in South Africa.
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