Minimum Wage Increase in the Hospitality Sector for 2018

25 July 2018

ATTENTION WE ARE MOVING! From the 30^th of July our new address will be: Ground Floor, Wrigley Field Building The Campus, 57 Sloane street Bryanston, 2021   Minimum Wage Increase in the Hospitality Sector for 2018: “The new Hospitality Sectoral Determination governing the new minimum wage will be in effect from 01 July 2018 until 30 June 2019.” The new changes will apply to all workers falling under the Hospitality Sector, including employees that work in Hotels, Inns, Resorts, Restaurants, Pubs, and Catering etc. The new minimum wage for 2018/2019 for employers with 10 or less employees is as follows:

• R3 384.71 monthly (2017: R2 959.35);
• R781.14 weekly (2017: R689.97)
• R17.34 hourly (2017: R15.17)

The new minimum wage for 2018/2019 for employers with more than 10 employees is as follows:

• R3 772.65 monthly (2017: R3 298.52)
• R870.62 weekly (2017: R761.25)
• R19.35 hourly (2017: R16.91)

‘Please take note that the Hospitality Sectoral Determination does not apply to employees involved in trading and letting of flats, rooms, houses or to employees who are governed by another Sectoral Determination or parties who fall within the provisions of a Bargaining Council .’