Correction in the minimum wage for farm workers

28 Jan 2014

The minimum wage for farm workers will increase by 6,4% on 1 March 2014, and not 7%, as was previously announced, according to Hendrik Ackermann, chairperson of Agri SA’s labour and social policy committee.

The department of labour earlier announced the minimum wage for 2014, but the wrong figure was published as the department used the wrong quintile of the November 2013 Consumer Inflation Index (CPI) to calculate the new wage.
After Agri SA brought the mistake to the attention of the department, it was corrected.